Onjero Surname

7,117,718th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 7 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Tanzania
Highest density in:
Tanzania

Onjero Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Onjero Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Tanzania51:10,588,32375,430
Kenya21:23,089,95083,168

Onjero Last Name Facts

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

The surname Onjero is borne by more people in Tanzania than any other country/territory. It may be found as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of Onjero.

How Common Is The Last Name Onjero? popularity and diffusion

Onjero is the 7,117,718th most widely held surname throughout the world, borne by around 1 in 1,041,077,988 people. The surname is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Onjero live; 100 percent live in East Africa and 71 percent live in East Bantu Africa.

This surname is most frequent in Tanzania, where it is carried by 5 people, or 1 in 10,588,323. In Tanzania Onjero is most frequent in: Iringa Region, where 20 percent live, Mara Region, where 20 percent live and Mbeya Region, where 20 percent live. Beside Tanzania this last name is found in one country. It also occurs in Kenya, where 29 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Onyero83392/
Ongero83345/
Anjero83152/
Onzero8343/
Onjiro838/
Enjero836/
Oncero835/
Onjera833/
Unjero831/
Oniero831/
Ougnero77132/
Goncero77110/
Gonsero776/
Gonjera775/
Gonjiro775/
Gonzero775/
Onyiero773/
Onchero772/
Honjera772/
Onyeruo772/
Onjeras772/
Onzeero771/
Onceiro771/
Goniero771/
Gonyero771/
Henjero771/
Onyerou771/
Onge'ro771/
Enjearo771/
Oñero731/
Hondjera7170/
Oinheiro7112/
Acenjero712/
Honieiro711/
Enhjeroh711/
Osengero711/
Oneayoro711/
Ongera675,377/
Agnero675,303/
Ancero673,521/
Onyera671,219/
Angero671,049/
Ongiro67713/
Aniero67492/
Onyiro67440/
Anyero67331/
Ansero6786/
Anjera6767/
Eniero6747/
Onjira6717/
Anjiro6713/
Oniera6713/
Onziro6711/
Onsiro675/
Anzero674/
Onhera672/
Enjera672/
Unjera671/
Hounjirou671/

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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
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  • 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 Onjero
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