Onyego Surname
Approximately 39 people bear this surname
Onyego Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 32 | 1:5,535,711 | 139,404 |
| Kenya | 4 | 1:11,544,975 | 62,419 |
| Uganda | 2 | 1:19,519,640 | 189,114 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Onyego Demographics
Onyego Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Onyego Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Onyego Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Onyego occurs in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It can be rendered as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Onyego? popularity and diffusion
The last name Onyego is the 3,141,416th most commonly occurring surname globally. It is borne by around 1 in 186,860,152 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 97 percent of Onyego live; 82 percent live in West Africa and 82 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
The surname is most frequent in Nigeria, where it is carried by 32 people, or 1 in 5,535,711. In Nigeria Onyego is most common in: Delta, where 66 percent reside, Rivers, where 19 percent reside and Abia, where 9 percent reside. Aside from Nigeria it exists in 3 countries. It also occurs in Kenya, where 10 percent reside and Uganda, where 5 percent reside.
Onyego Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those carrying the Onyego surname is chiefly Christian (100%) in Kenya.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Onyiego | 92 | 6,350 | / |
| Onyengo | 92 | 91 | / |
| Onyegho | 92 | 11 | / |
| Onyegoi | 92 | 1 | / |
| Onyiengo | 86 | 5 | / |
| Onyiegoh | 86 | 1 | / |
| Onyjiego | 86 | 1 | / |
| Oniego | 83 | 107 | / |
| Onyega | 83 | 91 | / |
| Anyego | 83 | 75 | / |
| Onjego | 83 | 2 | / |
| Ognego | 83 | 1 | / |
| Oneago | 83 | 1 | / |
| Onyigo | 83 | 1 | / |
| Onoego | 83 | 1 | / |
| Oneugo | 83 | 1 | / |
| Onyenga | 77 | 39 | / |
| Oniegho | 77 | 25 | / |
| Anyengo | 77 | 15 | / |
| Anyiego | 77 | 10 | / |
| Ongengo | 77 | 5 | / |
| Onyingo | 77 | 2 | / |
| Oniengo | 77 | 1 | / |
| Onajego | 77 | 1 | / |
| Oignego | 77 | 1 | / |
| Oniyogo | 77 | 1 | / |
| Oneigho | 77 | 1 | / |
| Hongego | 77 | 1 | / |
| Onyiogo | 77 | 1 | / |
| Oñego | 73 | 25 | / |
| Oniyegha | 71 | 21 | / |
| Oniyogou | 71 | 20 | / |
| Onyengha | 71 | 4 | / |
| Hanyengo | 71 | 2 | / |
| Onyegach | 71 | 1 | / |
| Onyayngo | 71 | 1 | / |
| Onojegho | 71 | 1 | / |
| Onyyango | 71 | 1 | / |
| Hounyega | 71 | 1 | / |
| Anyega | 67 | 933 | / |
| Anyigo | 67 | 695 | / |
| Aniego | 67 | 288 | / |
| Onojeghuo | 67 | 148 | / |
| Oneaga | 67 | 58 | / |
| Onaigo | 67 | 56 | / |
| Anuego | 67 | 23 | / |
| Onyiga | 67 | 20 | / |
| Aneigo | 67 | 6 | / |
| Onuigo | 67 | 4 | / |
| Hoenyegah | 67 | 1 | / |
| Onaega | 67 | 1 | / |
| Anjego | 67 | 1 | / |
| Uniego | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ognega | 67 | 1 | / |
| Aniygo | 67 | 1 | / |
| Onougo | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Onyego
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