Onyeje Surname
Approximately 1,129 people bear this surname
Onyeje Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 1,092 | 1:162,219 | 10,155 |
| United States | 21 | 1:17,259,949 | 572,238 |
| Benin | 5 | 1:2,067,120 | 68,069 |
| Germany | 3 | 1:26,835,153 | 452,368 |
| England | 2 | 1:27,859,030 | 389,889 |
| South Africa | 2 | 1:27,088,852 | 277,613 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 1:4,581,136 | 93,443 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
Onyeje (917) may also be a first name.
Onyeje Demographics
Average Onyeje Salary in
United States
$49,225 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Onyeje Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Onyeje Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Onyeje occurs more in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It may also appear as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Onyeje? popularity and diffusion
The last name Onyeje is the 328,558th most frequently occurring surname on earth, held by approximately 1 in 6,454,868 people. The surname Onyeje is mostly found in Africa, where 97 percent of Onyeje live; 97 percent live in West Africa and 97 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 267,635th most frequently held forename world-wide. It is borne by 917 people.
The last name Onyeje is most frequently occurring in Nigeria, where it is held by 1,092 people, or 1 in 162,219. In Nigeria Onyeje is most common in: Abia, where 32 percent reside, Enugu, where 17 percent reside and Lagos, where 14 percent reside. Beside Nigeria this surname exists in 8 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 2 percent reside and Benin, where 0 percent reside.
Onyeje Last Name Statistics demography
Onyeje earn somewhat more than the average income. In United States they earn 14.08% more than the national average, earning $49,225 USD per year.
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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 Onyeje
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