Onosi Surname
Approximately 161 people bear this surname
Onosi Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 117 | 1:1,514,041 | 57,594 |
| Botswana | 33 | 1:66,271 | 11,607 |
| Papua New Guinea | 6 | 1:1,358,953 | 118,663 |
| Australia | 4 | 1:6,748,925 | 181,100 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
The alternate forms: Ónosi (21) are calculated separately.
Onosi (218) may also be a first name.
Onosi Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Onosi Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Onosi is held by more people in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered as a variant: Ónosi. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Onosi? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 1,369,340th most commonly used last name on a worldwide basis It is held by approximately 1 in 45,264,260 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 93 percent of Onosi live; 73 percent live in West Africa and 73 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 611,412th most frequently held first name on earth, borne by 218 people.
Onosi is most prevalent in Nigeria, where it is held by 117 people, or 1 in 1,514,041. In Nigeria Onosi is most common in: Delta, where 50 percent live, Ebonyi, where 17 percent live and Rivers, where 9 percent live. Apart from Nigeria this last name exists in 4 countries. It is also common in Botswana, where 20 percent live and Papua New Guinea, 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
- 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 Onosi
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