Onians Surname

3,957,383rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 25 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
England

Onians Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Onians Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England161:3,482,379114,324
Australia31:8,998,567200,784
France21:33,211,361423,184
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England41:6,093,842135,151

Onians Last Name Facts

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

Onians occurs in England more than any other country or territory. It may also occur in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Onians? popularity and diffusion

The surname Onians is the 3,957,383rd most commonly occurring surname on a global scale It is held by approximately 1 in 291,501,837 people. The last name Onians occurs mostly in Europe, where 80 percent of Onians live; 64 percent live in Northern Europe and 64 percent live in British Isles.

The last name is most common in England, where it is held by 16 people, or 1 in 3,482,379. In England Onians is most frequent in: Oxfordshire, where 44 percent reside, Norfolk, where 31 percent reside and Cambridgeshire, where 6 percent reside. Not including England this surname is found in 5 countries. It is also common in Australia, where 12 percent reside and France, where 8 percent reside.

Onians Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Onians has changed over time. In England the number of people who held the Onians surname increased 400 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
O'Nians9226/
Onions832,756/
Anians8339/
Onyans831/
O'Neans778/
Onyanse771/
Gonions770/
Ganihans711/
Agnans6743/
Onyons6720/
Anyans677/
Aniams671/
Onyanch626/
Aniance625/
Onyanze622/
Onyamse621/
Ognanje621/
Hanjans621/
Onyanche571/
Anihandje531/
Ganjahans531/
Anions509/
Unions502/

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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 Onians
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