Oniye Surname
Approximately 1,542 people bear this surname
Oniye Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 1,510 | 1:117,313 | 7,774 |
| England | 28 | 1:1,989,931 | 78,001 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Wales | 1 | 1:3,094,532 | 44,023 |
Oniye (101) may also be a first name.
Oniye Demographics
Oniye Religious Adherence
in Nigeria
Religious Adherence
in Nigeria
Oniye Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Oniye Come From? nationality or country of origin
Oniye (Russian: Онийе) is found most in Nigeria. It can be rendered as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Oniye? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 255,797th most commonly used last name on a worldwide basis It is held by around 1 in 4,726,035 people. This surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 98 percent of Oniye reside; 98 percent reside in West Africa and 98 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 940,641st most common first name on earth It is held by 101 people.
This last name is most commonly occurring in Nigeria, where it is borne by 1,510 people, or 1 in 117,313. In Nigeria it is most numerous in: Ondo, where 42 percent live, Kwara, where 25 percent live and Lagos, where 9 percent live. Excluding Nigeria it occurs in 5 countries. It also occurs in England, where 2 percent live and Cameroon, where 0 percent live.
Oniye Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those carrying the last name is chiefly Christian (85%) in Nigeria.
Phonetically Similar Names
Oniye Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Oniye in the Russian language | ||
| Онийе | onije | - |
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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 Oniye
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