Onum Surname
Approximately 2,651 people bear this surname
Onum Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 2,012 | 1:88,043 | 6,148 |
| India | 326 | 1:2,352,961 | 76,587 |
| Papua New Guinea | 279 | 1:29,225 | 3,338 |
| Thailand | 11 | 1:6,421,668 | 407,040 |
| Cameroon | 7 | 1:2,967,010 | 123,373 |
| Indonesia | 6 | 1:22,041,532 | 555,748 |
| Romania | 4 | 1:5,019,468 | 62,922 |
| Uganda | 3 | 1:13,013,093 | 160,157 |
| England | 2 | 1:27,859,030 | 389,889 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
The alternate forms: Önüm (317) are calculated separately.
Onum (695) may also be a first name.
Onum Demographics
Onum Religious Adherence
in Nigeria
Religious Adherence
in Nigeria
Onum Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Onum Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Onum (Oriya: ଓନୁମ) has its highest incidence in Nigeria. It may occur as a variant: Önüm. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Onum? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 163,764th most frequently used surname world-wide, borne by around 1 in 2,748,980 people. The surname Onum occurs predominantly in Africa, where 76 percent of Onum reside; 76 percent reside in West Africa and 76 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 313,557th most frequently occurring first name on earth, held by 695 people.
This last name is most frequently occurring in Nigeria, where it is held by 2,012 people, or 1 in 88,043. In Nigeria Onum is mostly concentrated in: Benue, where 56 percent reside, Abia, where 13 percent reside and Cross River, where 5 percent reside. Aside from Nigeria this surname is found in 9 countries. It is also found in India, where 12 percent reside and Papua New Guinea, where 11 percent reside.
Onum Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those holding the surname is chiefly Christian (96%) in Nigeria.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ongum | 89 | 2,688 | / |
| Onnum | 89 | 1,622 | / |
| Onume | 89 | 305 | / |
| Honum | 89 | 62 | / |
| Gonum | 89 | 32 | / |
| Onoum | 89 | 7 | / |
| Onaum | 89 | 4 | / |
| Ognum | 89 | 2 | / |
| Onumn | 89 | 1 | / |
| Onumh | 89 | 1 | / |
| Osnum | 89 | 0 | / |
| Önüm | 83 | 317 | / |
| Gounum | 80 | 12 | / |
| Onnoum | 80 | 12 | / |
| Oonnum | 80 | 8 | / |
| Onnaum | 80 | 5 | / |
| Hounum | 80 | 4 | / |
| Homnum | 80 | 4 | / |
| Gonnum | 80 | 3 | / |
| Gonoum | 80 | 1 | / |
| Ounoum | 80 | 1 | / |
| Ounnum | 80 | 1 | / |
| O'Numm | 80 | 1 | / |
| Oongum | 80 | 1 | / |
| Honoum | 80 | 0 | / |
| Anum | 75 | 16,572 | / |
| Onun | 75 | 2,058 | / |
| Unum | 75 | 1,016 | / |
| Onom | 75 | 318 | / |
| Enum | 75 | 135 | / |
| Hounoum | 73 | 6 | / |
| Hongoum | 73 | 1 | / |
| Oonnoum | 73 | 1 | / |
| Gounoum | 73 | 1 | / |
| Ongnoum | 73 | 1 | / |
| Hanum | 67 | 21,860 | / |
| Ongun | 67 | 8,889 | / |
| Onnom | 67 | 5,599 | / |
| Angum | 67 | 1,709 | / |
| Anume | 67 | 1,282 | / |
| Annum | 67 | 776 | / |
| Onung | 67 | 523 | / |
| Ganum | 67 | 230 | / |
| Ungum | 67 | 225 | / |
| Onhom | 67 | 113 | / |
| Anuim | 67 | 61 | / |
| Honom | 67 | 32 | / |
| Anaum | 67 | 27 | / |
| Anoum | 67 | 25 | / |
| Aanum | 67 | 24 | / |
| Anujm | 67 | 23 | / |
| Anhum | 67 | 22 | / |
| Gunum | 67 | 21 | / |
| Henum | 67 | 17 | / |
| Gonun | 67 | 16 | / |
| Anuum | 67 | 16 | / |
| Hunum | 67 | 15 | / |
| Oinun | 67 | 15 | / |
| Goungoum | 67 | 7 | / |
| Onoun | 67 | 7 | / |
| Honun | 67 | 7 | / |
| Ounun | 67 | 7 | / |
| Ahnum | 67 | 7 | / |
| Onune | 67 | 6 | / |
| Asnum | 67 | 6 | / |
| Unume | 67 | 5 | / |
| Anumm | 67 | 3 | / |
| Onaun | 67 | 3 | / |
| Hounoume | 67 | 2 | / |
| Amnum | 67 | 2 | / |
| Unaum | 67 | 1 | / |
| Unoum | 67 | 1 | / |
| Enuim | 67 | 1 | / |
| Enumh | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ennum | 67 | 1 | / |
| Onoom | 67 | 1 | / |
| Oonom | 67 | 1 | / |
| Umnum | 67 | 1 | / |
| Onuin | 67 | 1 | / |
| Onhun | 67 | 1 | / |
| Onusn | 67 | 1 | / |
| Onunh | 67 | 1 | / |
| Unuum | 67 | 1 | / |
| Aenum | 67 | 1 | / |
| Onund | 67 | 1 | / |
Onum Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Onum in the Oriya language | ||
| ଓନୁମ | onuma | - |
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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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- 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 Onum
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