Onesima Surname

5,057,639th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 15 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Brazil
Highest density in:
Brazil

Onesima Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Onesima Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Brazil101:21,407,433350,627
DR Congo11:73,879,570260,543
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Mexico11:124,126,205103,776
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Onesima (3,861) may also be a first name.

Onesima Last Name Facts

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

The surname Onesima is found in Brazil more than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered as:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Onesima? popularity and diffusion

The surname Onesima is the 5,057,639th most commonly used family name globally, held by around 1 in 485,836,394 people. This last name occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 80 percent of Onesima reside; 67 percent reside in South America and 67 percent reside in Luso-South America. It is also the 112,999th most numerous first name globally, held by 3,861 people.

The surname Onesima is most commonly occurring in Brazil, where it is borne by 10 people, or 1 in 21,407,433. In Brazil Onesima is primarily concentrated in: Minas Gerais, where 90 percent live and São Paulo, where 10 percent live. Aside from Brazil this last name exists in 5 countries. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 7 percent live and India, where 7 percent live.

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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
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  • 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 Onesima
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