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.

DNA test information

Onencan 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
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 is carried by more people in Uganda than any other country or territory. It can be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Onencan? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 54,723rd most widely held surname worldwide It is held by around 1 in 783,691 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Onencan are found; 100 percent are found in East Africa and 86 percent are found in Nilo-Saharan Africa. Onencan is also the 1,637,361st most frequent first name at a global level It is held by 39 people.

This surname is most frequently occurring in Uganda, where it is held by 9,295 people, or 1 in 4,200. In Uganda Onencan is most frequent in: Nebbi District, where 29 percent live, Zombo District, where 20 percent live and Gulu District, where 9 percent live. Besides Uganda it exists in 4 countries. It is also found in England, where 0 percent live and Iceland, where 0 percent live.

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
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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