Onun Surname
Approximately 2,058 people bear this surname
Onun Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 1,728 | 1:102,513 | 6,929 |
| Thailand | 188 | 1:375,736 | 65,946 |
| Turkey | 138 | 1:563,923 | 30,928 |
| Taiwan | 2 | 1:11,722,373 | 63,559 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1 | 1:50,218,684 | 817,899 |
Onun (709) may also be a first name.
Onun Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Onun Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Onun occurs most in Nigeria. It can appear in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Onun? popularity and diffusion
The last name Onun is the 202,384th most frequent family name throughout the world, borne by approximately 1 in 3,541,082 people. It is predominantly found in Africa, where 84 percent of Onun live; 84 percent live in West Africa and 84 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 310,223rd most frequently occurring first name in the world. It is borne by 709 people.
The last name Onun is most commonly used in Nigeria, where it is carried by 1,728 people, or 1 in 102,513. In Nigeria it is most frequent in: Cross River, where 80 percent live, Lagos, where 5 percent live and Benue, where 3 percent live. Barring Nigeria this surname occurs in 5 countries. It is also found in Thailand, where 9 percent live and Turkey, where 7 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 Onun
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