Onions Surname

158,475th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 2,756 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
England

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.

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Onions Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England1,8341:30,3814,072
Malawi2611:65,5908,693
Australia2101:128,55114,024
United States1411:2,570,631155,955
Canada1061:347,60031,502
Wales691:44,8484,288
South Africa361:1,504,93677,557
Scotland301:178,4619,900
Zimbabwe171:908,13259,260
India71:109,580,769786,157
Ireland51:941,78816,185
Switzerland41:2,053,22997,179
Thailand41:17,659,586685,799
Mozambique41:6,815,3924,272
France41:16,605,680368,153
Malaysia31:9,831,408269,765
Cambodia31:5,162,38210,688
New Zealand21:2,264,16249,210
Brazil21:107,037,1661,031,150
Japan21:63,922,14662,827
Angola11:26,989,21411,853
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
Bahrain11:1,348,60810,432
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Greece11:11,079,790145,225
Guernsey11:64,4392,137
United Arab Emirates11:9,162,273135,437
Hong Kong11:7,335,48316,643
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448
Mexico11:124,126,205103,776
Saudi Arabia11:30,855,81763,028
Portugal11:10,418,24125,048
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland101:442,98715,290
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England1,6311:14,9452,222
Wales181:87,1343,963
Scotland181:207,9567,652
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States761:660,77243,333

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.

A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames (1896) by Charles Wareing Endell Bardsley

1 Onion’s (Son): v. Onion.

2 a nickname for an Onion-Seller [French oignon, Latin unio, -onis, onion]

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

From Angiens (?); a location name in Normandy. Or Aniange, France.

British Family Names: Their Origin and Meaning (1903) by Henry Barber

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.).

Homes of Family Names in Great Britain (1890) by Henry Brougham Guppy

Onions Last Name Facts

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

Onions is more frequently found in England than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Onions? popularity and diffusion

The surname Onions is the 158,475th most numerous family name throughout the world It is held by approximately 1 in 2,644,247 people. The surname Onions is predominantly found in Europe, where 71 percent of Onions reside; 70 percent reside in Northern Europe and 70 percent reside in British Isles. It is also the 3,684,242nd most widely held first name in the world. It is borne by 10 people.

This surname is most commonly held in England, where it is borne by 1,834 people, or 1 in 30,381. In England Onions is primarily concentrated in: West Midlands, where 24 percent live, Shropshire, where 12 percent live and Leicestershire, where 10 percent live. Outside of England this last name exists in 31 countries. It is also common in Malawi, where 9 percent live and Australia, where 8 percent live.

Onions Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Onions has changed over time. In England the number of people bearing the Onions surname rose 112 percent between 1881 and 2014; in The United States it rose 186 percent between 1880 and 2014; in Wales it rose 383 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Scotland it rose 167 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it declined 50 percent between 1901 and 2014.

Onions Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those holding the Onions last name is predominantly 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% registered with the 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

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
O'Nions92516/
Gonions920/
Onins913/
Onians8325/
Onyons8320/
Anions839/
Honins832/
Unions832/
Ongins831/
Gonins831/
O'Nyons7747/
O'Nians7726/
O'Niens776/
Henions771/
Hanions770/
Onens7360/
Anins7323/
Aunins67234/
Honinx6757/
Ganins6743/
Anians6739/
Honens6735/
Asnins6725/
Hanins6722/
Ooninx671/
Gonens671/
Aninsh671/
Onyans671/
Aninse671/
Angins670/

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