Onije Surname
Approximately 91 people bear this surname
Onije Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 88 | 1:2,012,986 | 70,656 |
| Sweden | 2 | 1:4,923,378 | 241,212 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
Onije Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Onije Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Onije is found in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It can also occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Onije? popularity and diffusion
The last name Onije is the 1,955,159th most frequently held family name at a global level, held by around 1 in 80,082,922 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 97 percent of Onije are found; 97 percent are found in West Africa and 97 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
It is most commonly held in Nigeria, where it is carried by 88 people, or 1 in 2,012,986. In Nigeria Onije is mostly found in: Enugu, where 27 percent live, Delta, where 18 percent live and Plateau, where 16 percent live. Without taking into account Nigeria it occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in Sweden, where 2 percent live and Italy, where 1 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
- 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 Onije
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