Oniyitan Surname
Approximately 539 people bear this surname
Oniyitan Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 520 | 1:340,659 | 18,499 |
| England | 13 | 1:4,286,005 | 132,302 |
| United States | 5 | 1:72,491,787 | 1,102,614 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
Oniyitan (13) may also be a first name.
Oniyitan Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Oniyitan Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Oniyitan occurs more in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Oniyitan? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 582,011th most commonly held family name worldwide, borne by around 1 in 13,520,493 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 96 percent of Oniyitan live; 96 percent live in West Africa and 96 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Oniyitan is also the 3,159,357th most commonly held forename at a global level. It is borne by 13 people.
The last name is most frequent in Nigeria, where it is borne by 520 people, or 1 in 340,659. In Nigeria it is most numerous in: Ogun, where 57 percent reside, Lagos, where 31 percent reside and Oyo, where 5 percent reside. Other than Nigeria Oniyitan occurs in 3 countries. It is also found in England, where 2 percent reside and The United States, where 1 percent reside.
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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 Oniyitan
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