Onyige Surname

562,135th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 564 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Uganda

Onyige Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Onyige Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria4071:435,24022,419
Uganda1551:251,86618,680
England11:55,718,059489,080
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Onyige Last Name Facts

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

The surname Onyige is borne by more people in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It may appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Onyige? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 562,135th most widespread last name at a global level It is held by approximately 1 in 12,921,181 people. This 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.

This surname is most widespread in Nigeria, where it is borne by 407 people, or 1 in 435,240. In Nigeria Onyige is most common in: Rivers, where 95 percent reside, Kaduna, where 2 percent reside and Federal Capital Territory, where 1 percent reside. Without taking into account Nigeria this surname is found in 3 countries. It also occurs in Uganda, where 27 percent reside and England, where 0 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Onyinge921,441/
Onyiget921/
Onyighe921/
Onyiege921/
Oenyige921/
Onyije83916/
Onyege83197/
Onyiga8320/
Anyige8319/
Onyise8317/
Onyigi8312/
Onyice833/
Anyinge771,679/
Onyeije771,391/
Onyiche7768/
Onyenge7747/
Onyezie7733/
Onyijeh7727/
Onyieze775/
Onyiggi773/
Onyingi772/
Onyeger772/
Anyigeh772/
Onyiese772/
Onyegie772/
Onhiige771/
Gonyize771/
Onnyije771/
Onyegye771/
Onyegey771/
Onyiesi771/
Onyechie71108/
Onyeijeh714/
Onyieche713/
Onaayiga713/
Onyiechi712/
Onyichie711/
Onyeji672,921/
Onyeje671,129/
Onyeze67721/
Onjiga67279/
Onyesi67169/
Anyiga67106/
Onyega6791/
Anyigi6775/
Onieza6764/
Onyezi6741/
Oniesi6741/
Onyegi6734/
Anyize6719/
Ongege6712/
Anyege6711/
Onyiji674/
Onyeza673/
Onieje671/
Aniege671/
Onyejj671/
Oniese671/
Hounyidje671/
Ongezi671/
Ongiengie671/
Onyiza671/
Onieze671/
Anyice671/

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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 Onyige
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