Onung Surname

595,654th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 523 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Uganda

Onung Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Onung Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria3001:590,47628,418
Uganda2201:177,45114,870
Papua New Guinea11:8,153,717181,784
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Onung (177) may also be a first name.

Onung Last Name Facts

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

The surname Onung occurs most in Nigeria. It can appear as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Onung? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 595,654th most prevalent surname on a global scale. It is borne by around 1 in 13,934,122 people. The surname Onung is primarily found in Africa, where 99 percent of Onung live; 57 percent live in West Africa and 57 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 685,598th most widely held first name internationally It is held by 177 people.

The last name Onung is most prevalent in Nigeria, where it is carried by 300 people, or 1 in 590,476. In Nigeria it is primarily found in: Akwa Ibom, where 55 percent live, Cross River, where 28 percent live and Lagos, where 6 percent live. Aside from Nigeria Onung exists in 4 countries. It is also common in Uganda, where 42 percent live and Papua New Guinea, where 0 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Gonung9152/
Onoung9122/
Onaung918/
Onnung914/
Oinung913/
Ongung912/
Onungh911/
Oenung911/
Honung910/
Onun892,058/
Gongung8314/
Ongoung834/
Hounung831/
Ounoung831/
Oennung831/
Hoonung830/
Gonoung830/
Hoenung830/
Ongun808,889/
Anung801,222/
Unung801,068/
Onong801,000/
Enung80820/
Gonun8016/
Oinun8015/
Honun807/
Ounun807/
Onoun807/
Onune806/
Onaun803/
Onuin801/
Onund801/
Onumn801/
Onunh801/
Onusn801/
Onhun801/
Hongnung772/
Hounoung771/
Gongoung770/
Gunung731,572/
Ganung73367/
Angung73168/
Hanung73155/
Homnun7390/
Aunung7388/
Honoun7366/
Honuun7347/
Onhoun7315/
Ennung739/
Hunung738/
Onnong738/
Honong737/
Anungh736/
Asnung736/
Unnung736/
Onoune734/
Onucin733/
Honnun733/
Gongun733/
Onuind733/
Annung733/
Gonoun732/
Anoung732/
Onnaun732/
Onnoun732/
Hoonun731/
Honunn731/
Henung731/
Onuten731/
Ongoun731/
Ounnun731/
O'Nunn731/
Gonnun731/
Omnoun731/
Honune731/
Onouhn731/
Onounh731/
Oonaun731/
Onhong731/
Hongun731/
Anhung730/
Hongneung714/
Hongnaung711/
Onum672,651/
Onon671,959/
Onuchin671,643/
Anun67594/
Agnoung67480/
Ganoung67284/
Gonhoun67255/
Onuchyn6753/
Gangung6736/
Gongoun6726/
Anusing6711/
Hennung677/
Oumnoun674/
Ougnoun674/
Hongnun674/
Onuchen672/
Angoung672/
Hannung672/
Anhhung671/
Ahanung671/
Angnung671/
Unusing671/
Homnaun671/
Gannung670/
Hanoung670/

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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 Onung
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