Oniku Surname

1,849,867th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 100 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Oniku Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Oniku Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria781:2,271,06176,915
England91:6,190,895170,599
Uganda81:4,879,910106,546
United States41:90,614,7331,198,479
Canada11:36,845,591464,108

Oniku Last Name Facts

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

The surname Oniku is borne by more people in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Oniku? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 1,849,867th most widely held surname globally, held by approximately 1 in 72,875,459 people. The surname Oniku is mostly found in Africa, where 86 percent of Oniku reside; 78 percent reside in West Africa and 78 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa.

The surname Oniku is most frequent in Nigeria, where it is carried by 78 people, or 1 in 2,271,061. In Nigeria Oniku is mostly concentrated in: Ogun, where 55 percent are found, Lagos, where 22 percent are found and Rivers, where 10 percent are found. Aside from Nigeria this surname occurs in 4 countries. It is also found in England, where 9 percent are found and Uganda, where 8 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Onikau911/
Aniku804,802/
Onuku80461/
Eniku80112/
Oneku8010/
Onicu802/
Oniscu7387/
Onyoku7363/
Onesku7353/
Ganiku7330/
Onoicu7323/
Anieku7316/
Unikou739/
Onuuku739/
Onoyku738/
Anikeu737/
Oneaku735/
Anniku735/
Haniku734/
Onekgu733/
Anikou733/
Anikui732/
Onaicu732/
Onueku731/
Enikeu731/
Unikus731/
Anikau731/
Onekou731/
Onukou731/
Anioku731/
Hougnikou711/
Honnikupp711/
Aniskou676/
Hunikui673/
Ahaniku671/
Ganikui671/
Ganikou671/
Ganikau671/
Hanikeu671/
Ounekou671/
Houngnikou671/
Gonehku671/
Honicut670/

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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
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  • 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 Oniku
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