Onyilo Surname

122,938th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 3,716 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Onyilo Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Onyilo Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria3,6101:49,0703,772
Uganda921:424,34025,938
England41:13,929,515290,718
Sweden21:4,923,378241,212
United Arab Emirates21:4,581,13693,443
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
Iceland11:380,09011,096
Kuwait11:3,800,69427,187
Serbia11:7,144,94838,459
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Onyilo (383) may also be a first name.

Onyilo Last Name Facts

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

The last name Onyilo has its highest incidence in Nigeria. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Onyilo click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Onyilo? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 122,938th most frequent last name in the world, borne by around 1 in 1,961,126 people. The surname Onyilo is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Onyilo are found; 97 percent are found in West Africa and 97 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 442,958th most frequent given name internationally, borne by 383 people.

This last name is most frequently occurring in Nigeria, where it is carried by 3,610 people, or 1 in 49,070. In Nigeria it is most numerous in: Benue, where 60 percent live, Lagos, where 6 percent live and Federal Capital Territory, where 5 percent live. Besides Nigeria Onyilo exists in 10 countries. It also occurs in Uganda, where 2 percent live and England, where 0 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Oinyilo924/
Oonyilo921/
Onyiloh921/
Onyiloha8636/
Onyelo83110/
Anyilo8334/
Onyila8321/
Onhilo835/
Oniylo831/
Onielo831/
Onjilo831/
Onyilioha808/
Ganyilo7721/
Hanyilo777/
Onyeloh773/
Gonyelo773/
Onyeluo771/
Onielio771/
Onijilo771/
Oniello771/
Gonyaylo7119/
Gonyilga717/
Onyela67323/
Anyila67245/
Anyelo67163/
Anielo67148/
Ongelo6777/
Anjilo6724/
Onjelo674/
Gonehilou671/
Onjila671/
Oniela671/

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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 Onyilo
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