Onyeihe Surname
Approximately 102 people bear this surname
Onyeihe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 101 | 1:1,753,889 | 63,997 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Onyeihe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Onyeihe Come From? nationality or country of origin
Onyeihe occurs most in Nigeria. It may also appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Onyeihe click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Onyeihe? popularity and diffusion
It is the 1,828,462nd most commonly occurring family name internationally, held by around 1 in 71,446,529 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Onyeihe live; 99 percent live in West Africa and 99 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
The surname is most common in Nigeria, where it is held by 101 people, or 1 in 1,753,889. In Nigeria Onyeihe is most prevalent in: Abia, where 43 percent live, Kano, where 28 percent live and Enugu, where 15 percent live. Without taking into account Nigeria this last name occurs in one country. It also occurs in The United States, where 1 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Onyeie | 92 | 4 | / |
| Onyeije | 86 | 1,391 | / |
| Onyejie | 86 | 16 | / |
| Onyeehe | 86 | 2 | / |
| Onyehie | 86 | 1 | / |
| Onyeijeh | 80 | 4 | / |
| Oneyeije | 80 | 2 | / |
| Anyeihie | 80 | 1 | / |
| Onyeiyth | 80 | 1 | / |
| Onyeji | 77 | 2,921 | / |
| Onyeje | 77 | 1,129 | / |
| Onyeye | 77 | 72 | / |
| Onyeae | 77 | 2 | / |
| Oniyeye | 71 | 36 | / |
| Onyeaji | 71 | 23 | / |
| Onyeiji | 71 | 16 | / |
| Onyieje | 71 | 15 | / |
| Gonayee | 71 | 13 | / |
| Onyejei | 71 | 9 | / |
| Anyehie | 71 | 4 | / |
| Onieije | 71 | 3 | / |
| Onyejii | 71 | 3 | / |
| Onyejai | 71 | 3 | / |
| Onyeeae | 71 | 2 | / |
| Oneyeje | 71 | 1 | / |
| Oniyihi | 71 | 1 | / |
| Onyejeh | 71 | 1 | / |
| Onyeayi | 71 | 1 | / |
| Onyejio | 71 | 1 | / |
| Hounyeye | 67 | 7 | / |
| Anyeahie | 67 | 4 | / |
| Onyyejeh | 67 | 1 | / |
| Onijeihi | 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 Onyeihe
- To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on FamilySearch, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis