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 carried by more people in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Onyeijen? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 2,555,468th most common last name at a global level. It is borne by around 1 in 127,851,683 people. The last name Onyeijen occurs mostly in Africa, where 98 percent of Onyeijen reside; 98 percent reside in West Africa and 98 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
This last name is most commonly occurring in Nigeria, where it is borne by 56 people, or 1 in 3,163,264. In Nigeria it is most numerous in: Delta, where 57 percent reside, Lagos, where 18 percent reside and Edo, where 16 percent reside. Excluding Nigeria this last name occurs in one country. It is also found in England, where 2 percent reside.
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
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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 Onyeijen
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