Onyom Surname
Approximately 33 people bear this surname
Onyom Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uganda | 25 | 1:1,561,571 | 56,175 |
| Nigeria | 7 | 1:25,306,108 | 327,793 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
Onyom (12) may also be a first name.
Onyom Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Onyom Come From? nationality or country of origin
Onyom occurs most in Uganda. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Onyom? popularity and diffusion
It is the 3,432,070th most frequently occurring last name at a global level. It is borne by approximately 1 in 220,834,725 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Onyom live; 76 percent live in East Africa and 70 percent live in East Bantu Africa. Onyom is also the 3,306,491st most prevalent first name on earth, borne by 12 people.
The last name Onyom is most commonly occurring in Uganda, where it is carried by 25 people, or 1 in 1,561,571. In Uganda it is most prevalent in: Soroti District, where 76 percent live, Agago District, where 4 percent live and Kaberamaido District, where 4 percent live. Outside of Uganda it occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in Nigeria, where 21 percent live and The DR Congo, where 3 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Onoyom | 91 | 864 | / |
| Onayom | 91 | 7 | / |
| Honyom | 91 | 4 | / |
| O'Nyom | 91 | 1 | / |
| Onym | 89 | 85 | / |
| Onyam | 80 | 747 | / |
| Anyom | 80 | 665 | / |
| Onhom | 80 | 113 | / |
| Unyom | 80 | 13 | / |
| Onyme | 80 | 11 | / |
| Ognom | 80 | 4 | / |
| Onoym | 80 | 2 | / |
| Oneym | 80 | 1 | / |
| O'Nym | 80 | 1 | / |
| Onysm | 80 | 1 | / |
| Onjom | 80 | 1 | / |
| Gonym | 80 | 1 | / |
| Anoyom | 73 | 43 | / |
| Anyoom | 73 | 4 | / |
| Gunyom | 73 | 4 | / |
| Ganyom | 73 | 3 | / |
| Onjome | 73 | 2 | / |
| Honyam | 73 | 2 | / |
| Ounhom | 73 | 1 | / |
| Gonyam | 73 | 1 | / |
| Aneyom | 73 | 1 | / |
| Aanyom | 73 | 1 | / |
| Anhyom | 73 | 1 | / |
| Oniome | 73 | 1 | / |
| Onim | 67 | 4,406 | / |
| Onem | 67 | 731 | / |
| Onyameh | 67 | 283 | / |
| Anym | 67 | 22 | / |
| Hounyme | 67 | 15 | / |
| Anhayom | 67 | 7 | / |
| Onneome | 67 | 3 | / |
| Hounhom | 67 | 2 | / |
| Ongnoum | 67 | 1 | / |
| Gounyam | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ojneome | 67 | 1 | / |
| Hoonhom | 67 | 1 | / |
| Honyham | 67 | 0 | / |
| Gonyham | 67 | 0 | / |
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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 Onyom
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