Onifade Surname

17,815th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 31,025 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Onifade Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Onifade Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria30,3281:5,841721
Benin2681:38,5664,971
England2231:249,85720,242
United States1151:3,151,817182,069
Canada161:2,302,849139,666
Scotland111:486,71119,179
Iceland71:54,2993,881
Qatar61:393,00055,922
Sweden51:1,969,351134,077
Germany41:20,126,365436,245
Sudan41:9,377,5498,207
Ivory Coast41:5,767,80855,416
Ghana41:6,755,17315,406
France31:22,140,907385,998
India31:255,688,4611,306,352
Ireland31:1,569,64617,286
Kenya21:23,089,95083,168
Denmark21:2,822,35876,882
United Arab Emirates21:4,581,13693,443
Wales11:3,094,53244,023
Taiwan11:23,444,74693,622
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
Togo11:7,247,76812,049
Senegal11:14,579,34211,705
Pakistan11:178,643,885213,220
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Malawi11:17,119,10934,144
Gabon11:1,889,1946,814
Ethiopia11:97,546,26229,669
Cyprus11:884,87613,055
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Bahrain11:1,348,60810,432
Australia11:26,995,701270,794

The alternate forms: Onifadé (2) are calculated separately.

Onifade (753) may also be a first name.

Onifade Last Name Facts

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

The surname Onifade is more frequently found in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It can occur as a variant: Onifadé. For other potential spellings of Onifade click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Onifade? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 17,815th most widely held family name world-wide, borne by approximately 1 in 234,893 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Onifade reside; 99 percent reside in West Africa and 99 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Onifade is also the 299,476th most commonly used first name on earth, borne by 753 people.

The last name is most numerous in Nigeria, where it is borne by 30,328 people, or 1 in 5,841. In Nigeria it is most common in: Lagos, where 22 percent reside, Oyo, where 22 percent reside and Ogun, where 18 percent reside. Apart from Nigeria Onifade occurs in 33 countries. It is also common in Benin, where 1 percent reside and England, where 1 percent reside.

Onifade Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those bearing the Onifade surname is primarily Christian (74%) in Nigeria.

In The United States those holding the Onifade last name are 13.44% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 66.67% registered to vote for the political party.

Onifade earn around the same as the average income. In United States they earn 2.47% more than the national average, earning $44,214 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Onifadé952/
Onifaade935/
Oniofade935/
Onifadee934/
Onifaide933/
Onijfade933/
Oinifade933/
Onifades932/
Oonifade932/
Onifasde931/
Oniffade931/
Onnifade931/
Anifade8637/
Onifada8621/
Onifede8612/
Onufade866/
Onifide865/
Onefade865/
Onyfade864/
Onifode864/
Onıfade861/
Enifade861/
Oniphade801/

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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
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  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Onifade
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