Oonye Surname
Approximately 9 people bear this surname
Oonye Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uganda | 6 | 1:6,506,546 | 123,710 |
| Nigeria | 3 | 1:59,047,586 | 507,603 |
Oonye (16) may also be a first name.
Oonye Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Oonye Come From? nationality or country of origin
Oonye is more commonly found in Uganda than any other country/territory. It may occur as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Oonye? popularity and diffusion
The surname Oonye is the 6,360,413th most commonly occurring family name on a worldwide basis, borne by around 1 in 809,727,324 people. The surname Oonye occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Oonye live; 67 percent live in East Africa and 67 percent live in East Bantu Africa. Oonye is also the 2,786,762nd most common first name globally, held by 16 people.
This last name is most frequently occurring in Uganda, where it is carried by 6 people, or 1 in 6,506,546. In Uganda Oonye is most prevalent in: Bukedea District, where 100 percent live. Other than Uganda this last name is found in one country. It is also found in Nigeria, where 33 percent live.
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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 Oonye
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