Onyige Surname
Approximately 564 people bear this surname
Onyige Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 407 | 1:435,240 | 22,419 |
| Uganda | 155 | 1:251,866 | 18,680 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Onyige Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Onyige Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Onyige is carried by more people in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It may occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Onyige click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Onyige? popularity and diffusion
The last name Onyige is the 562,135th most frequently occurring surname on a worldwide basis. It is borne by around 1 in 12,921,181 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Onyige live; 72 percent live in West Africa and 72 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
The surname Onyige is most widespread in Nigeria, where it is carried by 407 people, or 1 in 435,240. In Nigeria it is mostly concentrated in: Rivers, where 95 percent reside, Kaduna, where 2 percent reside and Federal Capital Territory, where 1 percent reside. Apart from Nigeria Onyige occurs in 3 countries. It also occurs in Uganda, where 27 percent reside and England, where 0 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Onyinge | 92 | 1,441 | / |
| Onyiget | 92 | 1 | / |
| Onyighe | 92 | 1 | / |
| Onyiege | 92 | 1 | / |
| Oenyige | 92 | 1 | / |
| Onyije | 83 | 916 | / |
| Onyege | 83 | 197 | / |
| Onyiga | 83 | 20 | / |
| Anyige | 83 | 19 | / |
| Onyise | 83 | 17 | / |
| Onyigi | 83 | 12 | / |
| Onyice | 83 | 3 | / |
| Anyinge | 77 | 1,679 | / |
| Onyeije | 77 | 1,391 | / |
| Onyiche | 77 | 68 | / |
| Onyenge | 77 | 47 | / |
| Onyezie | 77 | 33 | / |
| Onyijeh | 77 | 27 | / |
| Onyieze | 77 | 5 | / |
| Onyiggi | 77 | 3 | / |
| Onyingi | 77 | 2 | / |
| Onyeger | 77 | 2 | / |
| Anyigeh | 77 | 2 | / |
| Onyiese | 77 | 2 | / |
| Onyegie | 77 | 2 | / |
| Onhiige | 77 | 1 | / |
| Gonyize | 77 | 1 | / |
| Onnyije | 77 | 1 | / |
| Onyegye | 77 | 1 | / |
| Onyegey | 77 | 1 | / |
| Onyiesi | 77 | 1 | / |
| Onyechie | 71 | 108 | / |
| Onyeijeh | 71 | 4 | / |
| Onyieche | 71 | 3 | / |
| Onaayiga | 71 | 3 | / |
| Onyiechi | 71 | 2 | / |
| Onyichie | 71 | 1 | / |
| Onyeji | 67 | 2,921 | / |
| Onyeje | 67 | 1,129 | / |
| Onyeze | 67 | 721 | / |
| Onjiga | 67 | 279 | / |
| Onyesi | 67 | 169 | / |
| Anyiga | 67 | 106 | / |
| Onyega | 67 | 91 | / |
| Anyigi | 67 | 75 | / |
| Onieza | 67 | 64 | / |
| Onyezi | 67 | 41 | / |
| Oniesi | 67 | 41 | / |
| Onyegi | 67 | 34 | / |
| Anyize | 67 | 19 | / |
| Ongege | 67 | 12 | / |
| Anyege | 67 | 11 | / |
| Onyiji | 67 | 4 | / |
| Onyeza | 67 | 3 | / |
| Onieje | 67 | 1 | / |
| Aniege | 67 | 1 | / |
| Onyejj | 67 | 1 | / |
| Oniese | 67 | 1 | / |
| Hounyidje | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ongezi | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ongiengie | 67 | 1 | / |
| Onyiza | 67 | 1 | / |
| Onieze | 67 | 1 | / |
| Anyice | 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 Onyige
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