Onou Surname
Approximately 384 people bear this surname
Onou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 222 | 1:797,940 | 35,665 |
| Benin | 67 | 1:154,263 | 15,890 |
| Papua New Guinea | 37 | 1:220,371 | 30,351 |
| Ivory Coast | 22 | 1:1,048,692 | 25,281 |
| Cameroon | 16 | 1:1,298,067 | 76,941 |
| Congo | 9 | 1:554,344 | 12,633 |
| Greece | 4 | 1:2,769,948 | 101,568 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
| Solomon Islands | 1 | 1:580,029 | 22,243 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Onou (49) may also be a first name.
Onou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Onou Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Onou occurs more in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It can occur in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Onou? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 748,537th most commonly used last name world-wide, held by approximately 1 in 18,977,984 people. Onou occurs mostly in Africa, where 86 percent of Onou reside; 79 percent reside in West Africa and 79 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Onou is also the 1,430,306th most widespread forename in the world. It is borne by 49 people.
The last name Onou is most commonly occurring in Nigeria, where it is carried by 222 people, or 1 in 797,940. In Nigeria Onou is mostly found in: Delta, where 48 percent are found, Lagos, where 11 percent are found and Edo, where 10 percent are found. Apart from Nigeria it is found in 13 countries. It is also common in Benin, where 17 percent are found and Papua New Guinea, where 10 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 Onou
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