Onu Surname
Approximately 84,631 people bear this surname
Onu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 77,828 | 1:2,276 | 295 |
| Romania | 2,596 | 1:7,734 | 1,018 |
| Bangladesh | 2,253 | 1:70,731 | 3,437 |
| Indonesia | 397 | 1:333,121 | 29,073 |
| Ghana | 346 | 1:78,094 | 7,799 |
| Moldova | 266 | 1:13,389 | 2,297 |
| United States | 142 | 1:2,552,528 | 155,105 |
| England | 125 | 1:445,744 | 29,621 |
| DR Congo | 103 | 1:717,277 | 51,618 |
| Turkey | 98 | 1:794,096 | 38,963 |
| Papua New Guinea | 76 | 1:107,286 | 14,507 |
| Cameroon | 61 | 1:340,477 | 30,746 |
| Ukraine | 33 | 1:1,379,476 | 113,823 |
| Canada | 25 | 1:1,473,824 | 101,190 |
| India | 24 | 1:31,961,058 | 386,265 |
| France | 24 | 1:2,767,613 | 196,808 |
| Estonia | 23 | 1:57,470 | 10,794 |
| Russia | 17 | 1:8,477,827 | 301,506 |
| South Africa | 15 | 1:3,611,847 | 123,156 |
| Germany | 14 | 1:5,750,390 | 205,224 |
| Thailand | 12 | 1:5,886,529 | 390,733 |
| Brazil | 12 | 1:17,839,528 | 311,080 |
| Scotland | 10 | 1:535,382 | 20,332 |
| Malaysia | 9 | 1:3,277,136 | 121,952 |
| Sweden | 9 | 1:1,094,084 | 81,336 |
| Australia | 8 | 1:3,374,463 | 124,818 |
| United Arab Emirates | 8 | 1:1,145,284 | 40,289 |
| Spain | 7 | 1:6,678,862 | 92,666 |
| Solomon Islands | 6 | 1:96,672 | 18,437 |
| Taiwan | 6 | 1:3,907,458 | 23,065 |
| Philippines | 5 | 1:20,247,645 | 262,352 |
| Portugal | 4 | 1:2,604,560 | 16,079 |
| Poland | 4 | 1:9,502,187 | 181,606 |
| Kuwait | 4 | 1:950,174 | 18,811 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 4 | 1:28,165 | 1,050 |
| Belarus | 4 | 1:2,375,265 | 105,497 |
| Iceland | 3 | 1:126,697 | 5,403 |
| Benin | 3 | 1:3,445,201 | 77,822 |
| Italy | 3 | 1:20,385,563 | 143,117 |
| Belgium | 3 | 1:3,832,215 | 117,288 |
| Norway | 3 | 1:1,714,095 | 79,528 |
| Netherlands | 2 | 1:8,443,588 | 136,641 |
| Austria | 2 | 1:4,257,718 | 99,224 |
| Pakistan | 2 | 1:89,321,942 | 157,560 |
| Tanzania | 2 | 1:26,470,806 | 111,653 |
| Czechia | 2 | 1:5,316,734 | 169,646 |
| Kenya | 2 | 1:23,089,950 | 83,168 |
| China | 2 | 1:683,660,783 | 30,601 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
| Togo | 1 | 1:7,247,768 | 12,049 |
| Wales | 1 | 1:3,094,532 | 44,023 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Venezuela | 1 | 1:30,204,077 | 85,459 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Transnistria | 1 | 1:474,699 | 17,893 |
| Finland | 1 | 1:5,496,702 | 84,025 |
| Argentina | 1 | 1:42,743,414 | 282,706 |
| Azerbaijan | 1 | 1:9,649,122 | 47,873 |
| Bahrain | 1 | 1:1,348,608 | 10,432 |
| Belize | 1 | 1:355,474 | 3,977 |
| Colombia | 1 | 1:47,774,072 | 44,230 |
| Congo | 1 | 1:4,989,096 | 34,171 |
| Ecuador | 1 | 1:15,905,846 | 50,210 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| Gambia | 1 | 1:1,923,451 | 1,043 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Guatemala | 1 | 1:16,082,668 | 12,169 |
| Hungary | 1 | 1:9,816,277 | 73,288 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
| Peru | 1 | 1:31,784,123 | 64,452 |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | 1 | 1:55,199 | 1,294 |
Onu (6,723) may also be a first name.
Onu Demographics
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Onu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Onu Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Onu (Hindi: ओनू, Marathi: ओनु, Russian: Ону) is held by more people in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It can also occur as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Onu? popularity and diffusion
The last name Onu is the 6,677th most frequently occurring surname at a global level It is held by around 1 in 86,110 people. The last name Onu is predominantly found in Africa, where 93 percent of Onu are found; 92 percent are found in West Africa and 92 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 79,663rd most commonly used first name worldwide, borne by 6,723 people.
The last name Onu is most numerous in Nigeria, where it is carried by 77,828 people, or 1 in 2,276. In Nigeria it is primarily concentrated in: Enugu, where 23 percent live, Anambra, where 16 percent live and Ebonyi, where 12 percent live. Not including Nigeria Onu occurs in 71 countries. It is also common in Romania, where 3 percent live and Bangladesh, where 3 percent live.
Onu Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those holding the surname is principally Christian (98%) in Nigeria.
In The United States those holding the Onu surname are 46.77% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 100% registered with the party.
The amount Onu earn in different countries varies significantly. In South Africa they earn 19.69% more than the national average, earning R 284,424 per year; in United States they earn 6.49% less than the national average, earning $40,350 USD per year and in Canada they earn 20.56% more than the national average, earning $59,896 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Onu Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Onu in the Marathi language | ||
| ओनु | onu | 72.73 |
| ओनू | onu | 18.18 |
| सोनु | sonu | 9.09 |
| Onu in the Hindi language | ||
| ओनू | onu | 66.67 |
| ओनु | onu | 14.29 |
| ोनू | onu | 9.52 |
| ोनु | onu | 4.76 |
| Onu in the Russian language | ||
| Ону | onu | - |
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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
- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Onu
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