Onions Surname
Approximately 2,756 people bear this surname
Onions Surname Definition:
This surname is derived from the name of an ancestor. 'the son of Enion,' a favourite personal name in old Welsh records. The modern directories abound with variants, &c. (v. Benyon, Pinnion, &c). Mr. Lower says, 'In the register of East Grinstead, Sussex, in the first half of the 17th century, the name is written indifferently Ennion and Onion.
Read More About This SurnameOnions Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 1,834 | 1:30,381 | 4,072 |
| Malawi | 261 | 1:65,590 | 8,693 |
| Australia | 210 | 1:128,551 | 14,024 |
| United States | 141 | 1:2,570,631 | 155,955 |
| Canada | 106 | 1:347,600 | 31,502 |
| Wales | 69 | 1:44,848 | 4,288 |
| South Africa | 36 | 1:1,504,936 | 77,557 |
| Scotland | 30 | 1:178,461 | 9,900 |
| Zimbabwe | 17 | 1:908,132 | 59,260 |
| India | 7 | 1:109,580,769 | 786,157 |
| Ireland | 5 | 1:941,788 | 16,185 |
| Switzerland | 4 | 1:2,053,229 | 97,179 |
| Thailand | 4 | 1:17,659,586 | 685,799 |
| Mozambique | 4 | 1:6,815,392 | 4,272 |
| France | 4 | 1:16,605,680 | 368,153 |
| Malaysia | 3 | 1:9,831,408 | 269,765 |
| Cambodia | 3 | 1:5,162,382 | 10,688 |
| New Zealand | 2 | 1:2,264,162 | 49,210 |
| Brazil | 2 | 1:107,037,166 | 1,031,150 |
| Japan | 2 | 1:63,922,146 | 62,827 |
| Angola | 1 | 1:26,989,214 | 11,853 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Bahrain | 1 | 1:1,348,608 | 10,432 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Guernsey | 1 | 1:64,439 | 2,137 |
| United Arab Emirates | 1 | 1:9,162,273 | 135,437 |
| Hong Kong | 1 | 1:7,335,483 | 16,643 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1:124,126,205 | 103,776 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| Portugal | 1 | 1:10,418,241 | 25,048 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 10 | 1:442,987 | 15,290 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 1,631 | 1:14,945 | 2,222 |
| Wales | 18 | 1:87,134 | 3,963 |
| Scotland | 18 | 1:207,956 | 7,652 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 76 | 1:660,772 | 43,333 |
Onions (10) may also be a first name.
Onions Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
This surname is derived from the name of an ancestor. 'the son of Enion,' a favourite personal name in old Welsh records. The modern directories abound with variants, &c. (v. Benyon, Pinnion, &c). Mr. Lower says, 'In the register of East Grinstead, Sussex, in the first half of the 17th century, the name is written indifferently Ennion and Onion.' This quite tallies with my own observations.
1661. William Davies and Ann Onyon: Marriage Lic. (London).
1720. Married — Abraham Taylor and Margaret Onion: St. Dionis Backchurch.
1 Onion’s (Son): v. Onion.
2 a nickname for an Onion-Seller [French oignon, Latin unio, -onis, onion]
From Angiens (?); a location name in Normandy. Or Aniange, France.
Onions is probably another form of Inions, also a Shropshire name and above referred to. It is, however, probable that away from the Welsh border this name, as Lower suggests, may be a corruption of Unwin or Onwen, an old personal name, which was represented in Cambridgeshire and elsewhere in the 13th century by the surnames of Onwinne and Onoiun (H. R.).
Onions Demographics
Average Onions Salary in
United States
$51,402 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Onions Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Onions Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Onions is found most in England. It may also be found in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Onions.
How Common Is The Last Name Onions? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 158,475th most frequently occurring surname in the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 2,644,247 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Europe, where 71 percent of Onions live; 70 percent live in Northern Europe and 70 percent live in British Isles. It is also the 3,684,242nd most widely held first name in the world, borne by 10 people.
It is most common in England, where it is held by 1,834 people, or 1 in 30,381. In England Onions is mostly found in: West Midlands, where 24 percent reside, Shropshire, where 12 percent reside and Leicestershire, where 10 percent reside. Besides England Onions is found in 31 countries. It also occurs in Malawi, where 9 percent reside and Australia, where 8 percent reside.
Onions Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Onions has changed through the years. In England the number of people who held the Onions last name grew 112 percent between 1881 and 2014; in The United States it grew 186 percent between 1880 and 2014; in Wales it grew 383 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Scotland it grew 167 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it contracted 50 percent between 1901 and 2014.
Onions Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those bearing the surname is primarily Anglican (80%) in Ireland.
In The United States those bearing the Onions last name are 18.75% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 65.52% being registered with the political party.
The amount Onions earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 73.9% less than the national average, earning R 62,016 per year; in United States they earn 19.13% more than the national average, earning $51,402 USD per year and in Canada they earn 15.97% more than the national average, earning $57,616 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| O'Nions | 92 | 516 | / |
| Gonions | 92 | 0 | / |
| Onins | 91 | 3 | / |
| Onians | 83 | 25 | / |
| Onyons | 83 | 20 | / |
| Anions | 83 | 9 | / |
| Honins | 83 | 2 | / |
| Unions | 83 | 2 | / |
| Ongins | 83 | 1 | / |
| Gonins | 83 | 1 | / |
| O'Nyons | 77 | 47 | / |
| O'Nians | 77 | 26 | / |
| O'Niens | 77 | 6 | / |
| Henions | 77 | 1 | / |
| Hanions | 77 | 0 | / |
| Onens | 73 | 60 | / |
| Anins | 73 | 23 | / |
| Aunins | 67 | 234 | / |
| Honinx | 67 | 57 | / |
| Ganins | 67 | 43 | / |
| Anians | 67 | 39 | / |
| Honens | 67 | 35 | / |
| Asnins | 67 | 25 | / |
| Hanins | 67 | 22 | / |
| Ooninx | 67 | 1 | / |
| Gonens | 67 | 1 | / |
| Aninsh | 67 | 1 | / |
| Onyans | 67 | 1 | / |
| Aninse | 67 | 1 | / |
| Angins | 67 | 0 | / |
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