Onencan Surname

54,723rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 9,299 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Uganda
Highest density in:
Uganda

Onencan Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Onencan Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Uganda9,2951:4,200751
England11:55,718,059489,080
Iceland11:380,09011,096
Sudan11:37,510,19514,259
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Onencan (39) may also be a first name.

Onencan Last Name Facts

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

Onencan occurs most in Uganda. It may also appear in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Onencan? popularity and diffusion

It is the 54,723rd most widely held surname on earth, borne by approximately 1 in 783,691 people. The last name Onencan occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Onencan reside; 100 percent reside in East Africa and 86 percent reside in Nilo-Saharan Africa. Onencan is also the 1,637,361st most numerous first name worldwide It is held by 39 people.

It is most numerous in Uganda, where it is carried by 9,295 people, or 1 in 4,200. In Uganda Onencan is most numerous in: Nebbi District, where 29 percent are found, Zombo District, where 20 percent are found and Gulu District, where 9 percent are found. Aside from Uganda Onencan occurs in 4 countries. It also occurs in England, where 0 percent are found and Iceland, where 0 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Onenchan932,314/
Onenncan931/
Onencaan931/
Onnenchan881/
Onennchan881/
Onenchaan881/
Unencan86141/
Anencan862/
Onencen861/
Onenkan861/
Onensan861/
Unenchan8034/
Gonencen8019/
Oninkan7130/
Onenson7113/
Onimcan7110/
Anenkan711/
Anienkan677/
Aninchan671/
Onginzan671/

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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 Onencan
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