Oniji Surname
Approximately 4 people bear this surname
Oniji Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 3 | 1:59,047,586 | 507,603 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
Oniji (4) may also be a first name.
Oniji Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Oniji Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Oniji is found most frequently in Nigeria. It can also appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Oniji? popularity and diffusion
Oniji is the 8,968,613th most commonly held surname on earth, held by around 1 in 1,821,886,479 people. The last name Oniji occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Oniji reside; 75 percent reside in West Africa and 75 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 6,192,526th most commonly used first name internationally, held by 4 people.
This last name is most commonly occurring in Nigeria, where it is held by 3 people, or 1 in 59,047,586. In Nigeria it is primarily found in: Lagos, where 67 percent reside and Osun, where 33 percent reside. Apart from Nigeria it exists in one country. It also occurs in Uganda, where 25 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 Oniji
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