Onyiro Surname
Approximately 440 people bear this surname
Onyiro Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 424 | 1:417,790 | 21,705 |
| Uganda | 10 | 1:3,903,928 | 93,934 |
| Kenya | 4 | 1:11,544,975 | 62,419 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Onyiro (21) may also be a first name.
Onyiro Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Onyiro Come From? nationality or country of origin
Onyiro occurs more in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It may be rendered as:. For other possible spellings of Onyiro click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Onyiro? popularity and diffusion
The surname Onyiro is the 677,464th most commonly used surname world-wide, borne by around 1 in 16,562,604 people. The last name Onyiro occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Onyiro are found; 96 percent are found in West Africa and 96 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 2,368,944th most frequently held forename on earth It is held by 21 people.
The surname is most commonly used in Nigeria, where it is borne by 424 people, or 1 in 417,790. In Nigeria Onyiro is most prevalent in: Ebonyi, where 38 percent reside, Abia, where 27 percent reside and Lagos, where 5 percent reside. Aside from Nigeria it exists in 4 countries. It is also found in Uganda, where 2 percent reside and Kenya, where 1 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Onyiroh | 92 | 11 | / |
| Onyiero | 92 | 3 | / |
| Gonyiro | 92 | 1 | / |
| Onyiroha | 86 | 23 | / |
| Onyero | 83 | 392 | / |
| Anyiro | 83 | 288 | / |
| Onyira | 83 | 98 | / |
| Onjiro | 83 | 8 | / |
| Oniero | 83 | 1 | / |
| Onyiruoha | 80 | 1 | / |
| Onyiora | 77 | 39 | / |
| Onyiera | 77 | 6 | / |
| Ganyiro | 77 | 6 | / |
| Gonjiro | 77 | 5 | / |
| Onyirah | 77 | 4 | / |
| Onyeruo | 77 | 2 | / |
| Onyerou | 77 | 1 | / |
| Gonyero | 77 | 1 | / |
| Goniero | 77 | 1 | / |
| Onyiorah | 71 | 54 | / |
| Oinheiro | 71 | 12 | / |
| Ongeyira | 71 | 1 | / |
| Oneayoro | 71 | 1 | / |
| Honieiro | 71 | 1 | / |
| Onyera | 67 | 1,219 | / |
| Anyira | 67 | 790 | / |
| Aniero | 67 | 492 | / |
| Ongero | 67 | 345 | / |
| Anyero | 67 | 331 | / |
| Onjira | 67 | 17 | / |
| Oniera | 67 | 13 | / |
| Anjiro | 67 | 13 | / |
| Onjero | 67 | 7 | / |
| Hounjirou | 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 Onyiro
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