Oniango Surname

3,141,416th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 39 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Uganda
Highest density in:
Uganda

Oniango Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Oniango Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Uganda201:1,951,96463,898
Kenya131:3,552,30039,474
United States41:90,614,7331,198,479
Congo11:4,989,09634,171
England11:55,718,059489,080

Oniango Last Name Facts

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

Oniango is held by more people in Uganda than any other country/territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Oniango? popularity and diffusion

The surname Oniango is the 3,141,416th most commonly used family name on earth, held by around 1 in 186,860,152 people. The last name is mostly found in Africa, where 87 percent of Oniango are found; 85 percent are found in East Africa and 77 percent are found in East Bantu Africa.

This last name is most frequently held in Uganda, where it is borne by 20 people, or 1 in 1,951,964. In Uganda it is most numerous in: Serere District, where 85 percent live, Buvuma District, where 5 percent live and Soroti District, where 5 percent live. Not including Uganda this last name exists in 4 countries. It also occurs in Kenya, where 33 percent live and The United States, where 10 percent live.

Oniango Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those holding the last name is predominantly Christian (100%) in Kenya.

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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 Oniango
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