Onomo Surname
Approximately 2,395 people bear this surname
Onomo Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 2,114 | 1:9,825 | 1,297 |
| DR Congo | 109 | 1:677,794 | 49,381 |
| Nigeria | 101 | 1:1,753,889 | 63,997 |
| France | 50 | 1:1,328,454 | 133,611 |
| Papua New Guinea | 5 | 1:1,630,743 | 129,019 |
| United States | 5 | 1:72,491,787 | 1,102,614 |
| England | 2 | 1:27,859,030 | 389,889 |
| Italy | 2 | 1:30,578,344 | 160,757 |
| Uganda | 2 | 1:19,519,640 | 189,114 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Senegal | 1 | 1:14,579,342 | 11,705 |
| Tunisia | 1 | 1:610,626 | 30,336 |
Onomo (329) may also be a first name.
Onomo Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Onomo Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Onomo is held by more people in Cameroon than any other country or territory. It can also be found as:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Onomo? popularity and diffusion
The surname Onomo is the 178,364th most frequent last name at a global level, borne by approximately 1 in 3,042,817 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 97 percent of Onomo are found; 92 percent are found in Central Africa and 91 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 483,360th most frequently used forename in the world. It is borne by 329 people.
The surname Onomo is most numerous in Cameroon, where it is borne by 2,114 people, or 1 in 9,825. In Cameroon Onomo is most numerous in: Centre Region, where 84 percent live, Littoral Region, where 9 percent live and East Region, where 2 percent live. Besides Cameroon it occurs in 13 countries. It is also found in The DR Congo, where 5 percent live and Nigeria, where 4 percent live.
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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
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