Onija Surname
Approximately 200 people bear this surname
Onija Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 198 | 1:894,660 | 38,889 |
| Romania | 1 | 1:20,077,870 | 89,414 |
| Turkmenistan | 1 | 1:5,489,112 | 11,427 |
Onija (45) may also be a first name.
Onija Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Onija Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Onija is found most frequently in Nigeria. It can also be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Onija? popularity and diffusion
It is the 1,185,157th most prevalent surname on a worldwide basis, borne by approximately 1 in 36,437,730 people. It is predominantly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Onija live; 99 percent live in West Africa and 99 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 1,504,468th most frequent given name throughout the world. It is borne by 45 people.
Onija is most commonly occurring in Nigeria, where it is carried by 198 people, or 1 in 894,660. In Nigeria Onija is mostly concentrated in: Ekiti, where 80 percent reside, Delta, where 6 percent reside and Enugu, where 5 percent reside. Beside Nigeria this last name occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in Romania, where 1 percent reside and Turkmenistan, where 1 percent reside.
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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 Onija
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