Onyere Surname
Approximately 126 people bear this surname
Onyere Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 81 | 1:2,186,948 | 74,923 |
| Uganda | 25 | 1:1,561,571 | 56,175 |
| Kenya | 18 | 1:2,565,550 | 37,160 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Onyere (45) may also be a first name.
Onyere Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Onyere Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Onyere is found most frequently in Nigeria. It can occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Onyere? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 1,604,449th most frequently used last name throughout the world, borne by approximately 1 in 57,837,666 people. This last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Onyere reside; 65 percent reside in West Africa and 65 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Onyere is also the 1,504,468th most frequently held forename world-wide. It is borne by 45 people.
The last name is most commonly held in Nigeria, where it is borne by 81 people, or 1 in 2,186,948. In Nigeria Onyere is primarily concentrated in: Abia, where 36 percent are found, Rivers, where 27 percent are found and Oyo, where 7 percent are found. Barring Nigeria Onyere exists in 4 countries. It is also common in Uganda, where 20 percent are found and Kenya, where 14 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
- 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 Onyere
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