Onosike Surname

963,821st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 270 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Onosike Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Onosike Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria2681:660,98030,902
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Onosike (25) may also be a first name.

Onosike Last Name Facts

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

Onosike is borne by more people in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Onosike? popularity and diffusion

It is the 963,821st most frequently held family name world-wide. It is borne by around 1 in 26,990,911 people. The last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Onosike live; 99 percent live in West Africa and 99 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 2,136,160th most commonly held forename worldwide, borne by 25 people.

It is most widely held in Nigeria, where it is held by 268 people, or 1 in 660,980. In Nigeria it is most common in: Abia, where 46 percent are found, Lagos, where 11 percent are found and Rivers, where 8 percent are found. Without taking into account Nigeria Onosike occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in South Africa, where 0 percent are found and The United States, where 0 percent are found.

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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 Onosike
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