Onyeche Surname

89,282nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 5,375 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Barbados

Onyeche Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Onyeche Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria5,3061:33,3852,757
England301:1,857,26974,552
United States181:20,136,607622,629
Barbados101:28,7451,389
Sweden51:1,969,351134,077
South Africa21:27,088,852277,613
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Ghana11:27,020,69223,742
Greece11:11,079,790145,225
Iceland11:380,09011,096

Onyeche (6,565) may also be a first name.

Onyeche Last Name Facts

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

The last name Onyeche is more frequently found in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It can be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Onyeche? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 89,282nd most commonly used last name throughout the world It is held by approximately 1 in 1,355,822 people. The last name Onyeche occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Onyeche live; 99 percent live in West Africa and 99 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Onyeche is also the 80,893rd most commonly occurring first name globally, borne by 6,565 people.

The last name is most widespread in Nigeria, where it is borne by 5,306 people, or 1 in 33,385. In Nigeria it is mostly concentrated in: Rivers, where 46 percent live, Imo, where 25 percent live and Anambra, where 7 percent live. Without taking into account Nigeria Onyeche occurs in 9 countries. It is also found in England, where 1 percent live and The United States, where 0 percent live.

Onyeche Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those carrying the Onyeche surname is primarily Christian (99%) in Nigeria.

Onyeche earn notably less less than the average income. In United States they earn 18.56% less than the national average, earning $35,139 USD per year.

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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 Onyeche
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