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
Onyige is found in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It can also be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Onyige? popularity and diffusion
It is the 562,135th most frequently occurring surname on earth, borne by approximately 1 in 12,921,181 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Onyige are found; 72 percent are found in West Africa and 72 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
The surname Onyige is most frequently held in Nigeria, where it is carried by 407 people, or 1 in 435,240. In Nigeria it is primarily found in: Rivers, where 95 percent are found, Kaduna, where 2 percent are found and Federal Capital Territory, where 1 percent are found. Excluding Nigeria Onyige is found in 3 countries. It is also found in Uganda, where 27 percent are found and England, where 0 percent are found.
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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