Onyeijen Surname
Approximately 57 people bear this surname
Onyeijen Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 56 | 1:3,163,264 | 96,723 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
Onyeijen Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Onyeijen Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Onyeijen is more commonly found in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Onyeijen? popularity and diffusion
The last name Onyeijen is the 2,555,468th most frequent surname on a global scale, borne by approximately 1 in 127,851,683 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 98 percent of Onyeijen live; 98 percent live in West Africa and 98 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
The last name is most numerous in Nigeria, where it is held by 56 people, or 1 in 3,163,264. In Nigeria it is primarily found in: Delta, where 57 percent live, Lagos, where 18 percent live and Edo, where 16 percent live. Besides Nigeria Onyeijen is found in one country. It is also found in England, where 2 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Onyeijein | 94 | 3 | / |
| Onyijen | 93 | 131 | / |
| Onyejen | 93 | 24 | / |
| Onyejien | 88 | 2 | / |
| Onueijen | 88 | 2 | / |
| Onyijien | 88 | 1 | / |
| Onejeijen | 82 | 3 | / |
| Onyigen | 80 | 9 | / |
| Onyejin | 80 | 1 | / |
| Onyeine | 80 | 1 | / |
| Onyehing | 75 | 1 | / |
| Oniyin | 71 | 3 | / |
| Onyejehem | 71 | 1 | / |
| Onyechene | 71 | 1 | / |
| Onieing | 67 | 7 | / |
| Omniyin | 67 | 4 | / |
| Ounjaijeen | 67 | 4 | / |
| Ounjaijien | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ounjaijean | 67 | 1 | / |
| Onyeachina | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ongeyin | 67 | 1 | / |
| Anaejen | 67 | 1 | / |
| Onyeyim | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ongeain | 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 Onyeijen
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