Openy Surname

248,973rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,595 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Uganda
Highest density in:
Uganda

Openy Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Openy Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Uganda1,5821:24,6773,511
Papua New Guinea61:1,358,953118,663
England41:13,929,515290,718
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Ivory Coast11:23,071,23276,679

Openy (12) may also be a first name.

Openy Last Name Facts

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

The surname Openy is found most in Uganda. It can occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Openy? popularity and diffusion

Openy is the 248,973rd most prevalent surname worldwide, borne by around 1 in 4,568,994 people. The surname Openy occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Openy live; 99 percent live in East Africa and 90 percent live in Nilo-Saharan Africa. Openy is also the 3,306,491st most numerous first name internationally. It is borne by 12 people.

This surname is most frequently held in Uganda, where it is borne by 1,582 people, or 1 in 24,677. In Uganda Openy is most common in: Gulu District, where 25 percent are found, Amuru District, where 24 percent are found and Nwoya District, where 13 percent are found. Excluding Uganda this last name is found in 4 countries. It is also common in Papua New Guinea, where 0 percent are found and England, where 0 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Opeeny9162/
Openyo9122/
Openyi9118/
Opheny915/
Openey911/
Hopeny910/
Openych831/
Openaya831/
Opeenyi831/
Opene802,232/
Opena801,826/
Opiny80406/
Openi8093/
Apeny804/
Openj803/
Apenyo731,482/
Openge73414/
Openio73336/
Opinyo7363/
Opinyi7330/
Apenyi7329/
Opener7325/
Oppena7313/
Opengi7311/
Opened737/
Opiene735/
Opegne735/
O'Pena733/
Opieni732/
Openje732/
Opeana732/
Openea731/
Hopeni731/
Apeney731/
Ophena731/
Openeu731/
Gopene731/
Ophene731/
Oipeni731/
Hapeny730/
Hopenhayt711/
Apeanyo67422/
Happeny67172/
Openeer6749/
Appieny6733/
Appenay6722/
Ospenes675/
Apenaya671/
Oipenje671/
Opheani671/
Appeney671/
Houpeni671/
Oppenhe671/
Hapeney670/
Hopener670/
Gapheny670/

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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 Openy
  • To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on Family​Search, My​Heritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis