Onmus Surname

5,391,485th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 13 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Switzerland
Highest density in:
Switzerland

Onmus Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Onmus Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Switzerland111:746,62949,719
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States51:10,043,737422,899

The alternate forms: Onmuş (274) are calculated separately.

Onmus Last Name Facts

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

The last name Onmus is held by more people in Switzerland than any other country/territory. It may also occur as: Onmuş. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Onmus? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 5,391,485th most prevalent surname internationally, held by approximately 1 in 560,580,455 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Europe, where 92 percent of Onmus are found; 92 percent are found in Western Europe and 85 percent are found in Gallo-Europe.

The surname Onmus is most numerous in Switzerland, where it is held by 11 people, or 1 in 746,629. In Switzerland it is mostly found in: Canton of Fribourg, where 100 percent reside. Aside from Switzerland this surname exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in Germany, where 8 percent reside and The United States, where 8 percent reside.

Onmus Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Onmus has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Onmus surname contracted 80 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Onmuş93274/
Onmu8919/
Onmau80126/
Onmut8057/
Gonmu804/
Unmus802/
Onmuu801/
Onmou801/
Ommus801/
Honmou734/
Ounmou732/
Gonmou731/
Otnmau731/
Anmous730/
Ommu67346/
Anmu6715/
Hanmous674/
Hommeus672/
Hommous671/
Hounmou671/
Gounmou671/

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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 Onmus
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