Onelum Surname

1,683,218th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 117 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Onelum Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Onelum Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria991:1,789,32164,938
United States91:40,273,215872,126
England81:6,964,757184,742
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
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Onelum Demographics

Onelum Political Affiliation
in United States

Sample size: 4 (2014)

United States
Average

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Onelum Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Onelum Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Onelum is more frequently found in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It may occur as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Onelum? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 1,683,218th most frequent surname world-wide, held by around 1 in 62,286,717 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 85 percent of Onelum live; 85 percent live in West Africa and 85 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa.

It is most commonly used in Nigeria, where it is held by 99 people, or 1 in 1,789,321. In Nigeria it is most frequent in: Delta, where 70 percent reside, Lagos, where 17 percent reside and Osun, where 8 percent reside. Barring Nigeria it exists in 3 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 8 percent reside and England, where 7 percent reside.

Onelum Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Onelum surname are 53.23% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 100% registered to vote for the party.

Onelum earn somewhat more than the average income. In United States they earn 11.53% more than the national average, earning $48,125 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Enelum834/
Anelum831/
Onyolum7711/
Angelum770/
Hangelum710/
Anolum676/
Anilum672/
Onelauoun671/
Anjlum671/
Angelun622/
Anelund621/
Onyolun621/
Annelund5724/
Anelon5068/
Anilun5012/
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Footnotes

  • Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
  • Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
  • Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Onelum
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