Onyeisi Surname

320,709th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,165 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Onyeisi Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Onyeisi Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria1,1571:153,1059,677
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
England11:55,718,059489,080
Ghana11:27,020,69223,742
Iceland11:380,09011,096
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Onyeisi (1,997) may also be a first name.

Onyeisi Last Name Facts

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

Onyeisi is found most frequently in Nigeria. It can also appear as:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Onyeisi? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 320,709th most commonly held last name throughout the world, borne by around 1 in 6,255,404 people. This last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Onyeisi live; 99 percent live in West Africa and 99 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Onyeisi is also the 169,171st most widely held first name throughout the world, borne by 1,997 people.

It is most commonly occurring in Nigeria, where it is held by 1,157 people, or 1 in 153,105. In Nigeria it is mostly found in: Delta, where 58 percent are found, Lagos, where 9 percent are found and Edo, where 6 percent are found. Not including Nigeria this surname occurs in 8 countries. It is also common in Ireland, where 0 percent are found and Brazil, where 0 percent are found.

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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 Onyeisi
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