Oniyan Surname
Approximately 151 people bear this surname
Oniyan Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 148 | 1:1,196,911 | 48,419 |
| India | 3 | 1:255,688,461 | 1,306,352 |
Oniyan (24) may also be a first name.
Oniyan Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Oniyan Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Oniyan occurs most in Nigeria. It can appear as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Oniyan? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 1,428,594th most commonly used last name internationally. It is borne by around 1 in 48,261,893 people. This surname is mostly found in Africa, where 98 percent of Oniyan are found; 98 percent are found in West Africa and 98 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 2,187,323rd most widespread first name at a global level, borne by 24 people.
It is most prevalent in Nigeria, where it is borne by 148 people, or 1 in 1,196,911. In Nigeria Oniyan is most common in: Delta, where 65 percent are found, Kwara, where 13 percent are found and Edo, where 9 percent are found. Outside of Nigeria Oniyan exists in one country. It also occurs in India, where 2 percent are found.
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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 Oniyan
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