Opono Surname

603,653rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 514 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Uganda
Highest density in:
Uganda

Opono Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Opono Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Uganda3591:108,74510,656
Cameroon1501:138,46015,452
Nigeria31:59,047,586507,603
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861
Sierra Leone11:7,089,6311,533

The alternate forms: Opoño (3) are calculated separately.

Opono (58) may also be a first name.

Opono Last Name Facts

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

The last name Opono is found most in Uganda. It may be found in the variant forms: Opoño. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Opono? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 603,653rd most widely held last name throughout the world, borne by approximately 1 in 14,178,105 people. The surname Opono occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Opono live; 70 percent live in East Africa and 67 percent live in Nilo-Saharan Africa. It is also the 1,295,729th most frequently used first name internationally It is held by 58 people.

It is most common in Uganda, where it is borne by 359 people, or 1 in 108,745. In Uganda it is mostly found in: Apac District, where 21 percent are found, Lira District, where 18 percent are found and Oyam District, where 14 percent are found. Outside of Uganda it occurs in 4 countries. It is also found in Cameroon, where 29 percent are found and Nigeria, where 1 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Opoño933/
Opongo91222/
Oponou91187/
Ophono9113/
Oponoi912/
Ospono911/
Opouno911/
Opoino911/
Opponou8347/
Hoponoa837/
Hoponou831/
Opounou831/
Apono80528/
Opano80293/
Opona8044/
Opoungou7783/
Aponno73769/
Oponga73165/
Apongo73102/
Aponoi7335/
Hopano7329/
Opasno7326/
Atpono7311/
Apouno7311/
Aponou737/
Appono736/
Hapono734/
Aponoh733/
Aupono732/
Opoona731/
Ospano731/
Gapono731/
Aponos731/
Oponah731/
Hopona731/
Aponop731/
Apounou6718/
Apponou6711/
Gapongo675/
Opannou673/
Opounga671/
Aponnou671/
Apongou671/
Apohngo671/
Oiposna671/
Oipanoa671/
Ophanos671/

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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 Opono
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