Onyido Surname

391,429th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 904 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Onyido Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Onyido Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria8511:208,15812,397
England261:2,143,00282,017
Canada101:3,684,559191,443
United States51:72,491,7871,102,614
South Africa31:18,059,235248,362
Trinidad and Tobago31:454,65814,297
Uganda21:19,519,640189,114
Iceland11:380,09011,096
Portugal11:10,418,24125,048
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297

Onyido (29) may also be a first name.

Onyido Last Name Facts

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

Onyido occurs most in Nigeria. It can appear as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Onyido click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Onyido? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 391,429th most frequent last name worldwide. It is borne by around 1 in 8,061,445 people. It is predominantly found in Africa, where 95 percent of Onyido reside; 94 percent reside in West Africa and 94 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Onyido is also the 1,951,561st most frequent first name in the world. It is borne by 29 people.

The last name is most widely held in Nigeria, where it is held by 851 people, or 1 in 208,158. In Nigeria it is most common in: Lagos, where 19 percent reside, Abia, where 12 percent reside and Kano, where 12 percent reside. Barring Nigeria this last name occurs in 10 countries. It also occurs in England, where 3 percent reside and Canada, where 1 percent reside.

Onyido Last Name Statistics demography

The amount Onyido earn in different countries varies somewhat. In South Africa they earn 5.53% more than the national average, earning R 250,776 per year and in Canada they earn 0.56% less than the national average, earning $49,406 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Onyidoh9232/
Onyida83145/
Onyedo8344/
Anyido8314/
Oniedo835/
Oniydo833/
Ganyido7718/
Hanyido776/
Anyiodo771/
Anyidho771/
Oñido73217/
Aniedo67435/
Anyida67161/
Anyedo6718/
Onyeda6711/
Onieda675/
Aniido671/
Ongedo671/

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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 Onyido
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