Onojaefe Surname

889,654th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 302 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Onojaefe Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Onojaefe Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria2901:610,83729,086
South Africa71:7,739,672177,858
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Onojaefe (11) may also be a first name.

Onojaefe Last Name Facts

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

Onojaefe is held by more people in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It can also occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Onojaefe click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Onojaefe? popularity and diffusion

Onojaefe is the 889,654th most numerous last name world-wide, borne by around 1 in 24,130,947 people. The last name is mostly found in Africa, where 98 percent of Onojaefe reside; 96 percent reside in West Africa and 96 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 3,487,849th most common first name globally. It is borne by 11 people.

This surname is most prevalent in Nigeria, where it is carried by 290 people, or 1 in 610,837. In Nigeria Onojaefe is mostly concentrated in: Delta, where 71 percent are found, Lagos, where 12 percent are found and Edo, where 6 percent are found. Barring Nigeria Onojaefe occurs in 6 countries. It also occurs in South Africa, where 2 percent are found and Canada, where 0 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Onojayefe9479/
Onojaiefe9411/
Onojaeife942/
Onojafe93161/
Onojaiyefe8941/
Onojaeyefe891/
Onojaife88732/
Onojiefe881/
Onojaefa881/
Onajayefe823/
Anojafe801/
Onajaife752/
Onojaifa751/
Onojafie751/
Onyejife6395/
Onyeijife596/
Anajafi5313/
Onajophe5035/

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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 Onojaefe
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