Onying Surname
Approximately 1,289 people bear this surname
Onying Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uganda | 999 | 1:39,078 | 5,012 |
| Thailand | 287 | 1:246,127 | 41,736 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Onying (31) may also be a first name.
Onying Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Onying Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Onying is carried by more people in Uganda than any other country/territory. It may be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Onying? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 295,816th most common family name in the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 5,653,643 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 78 percent of Onying are found; 78 percent are found in East Africa and 77 percent are found in Nilo-Saharan Africa. Onying is also the 1,874,099th most commonly held first name world-wide, held by 31 people.
This surname is most frequently held in Uganda, where it is borne by 999 people, or 1 in 39,078. In Uganda it is most numerous in: Agago District, where 83 percent reside, Pader District, where 11 percent reside and Kitgum District, where 3 percent reside. Besides Uganda Onying occurs in 4 countries. It is also found in Thailand, where 22 percent reside and Cameroon, where 0 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Honying | 92 | 2 | / |
| Oonying | 92 | 1 | / |
| Onyiong | 92 | 1 | / |
| Anying | 83 | 2,861 | / |
| Unying | 83 | 36 | / |
| Onyeng | 83 | 8 | / |
| Onjing | 83 | 3 | / |
| Onieng | 83 | 1 | / |
| Hanying | 77 | 559 | / |
| Gonjing | 77 | 179 | / |
| Gonieng | 77 | 29 | / |
| Onieing | 77 | 7 | / |
| Unyieng | 77 | 2 | / |
| Ongieng | 77 | 2 | / |
| Onyyong | 77 | 1 | / |
| Anyiong | 77 | 1 | / |
| Onnieing | 71 | 1 | / |
| Gounieng | 71 | 1 | / |
| Anyingue | 71 | 1 | / |
| Ongeng | 67 | 937 | / |
| Anyeng | 67 | 184 | / |
| Anjing | 67 | 44 | / |
| Anhing | 67 | 8 | / |
| Anieng | 67 | 1 | / |
| Unyeng | 67 | 1 | / |
| Unjing | 67 | 1 | / |
| Uniing | 67 | 1 | / |
| Anyink | 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
- 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 Onying
- To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on FamilySearch, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis