Etonye Surname

1,155,901st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 207 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Etonye Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Etonye Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria1691:1,048,18243,882
DR Congo341:2,172,929106,971
Cameroon11:20,769,068227,406
England11:55,718,059489,080
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Etonye (10) may also be a first name.

Etonye Last Name Facts

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

The last name Etonye is found most frequently in Nigeria. It may be found in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Etonye? popularity and diffusion

It is the 1,155,901st most frequently held surname in the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 35,205,536 people. This last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Etonye reside; 82 percent reside in West Africa and 82 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Etonye is also the 3,684,242nd most widespread first name throughout the world. It is borne by 10 people.

The last name is most commonly used in Nigeria, where it is borne by 169 people, or 1 in 1,048,182. In Nigeria it is most prevalent in: Bayelsa, where 43 percent live, Delta, where 16 percent live and Enugu, where 11 percent live. Excluding Nigeria it exists in 5 countries. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 16 percent live and Cameroon, where 0 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Etonge8368/
Itonye8316/
Etunye837/
Etonay833/
Etanye831/
Etonje831/
Etongne774/
Etaneye773/
Ituonye773/
Gitonye772/
Estonie772/
Etoneya771/
Getonie771/
Etongeh771/
Etonyia771/
Ettouney719/
Estoniya714/
Ethoniya712/
Ethoniyo711/
Jestonie711/
Estonies711/
Etagne673,220/
Itonge67166/
Itoney6751/
Etunge6719/
Itonay6714/
Itanye6712/
Etange677/
Etanue675/
Etanie673/
Etanae673/
Etonou672/
Itonei671/
Etunie671/
Iiotuonye671/
Yetanayet671/
Etunje671/
Etonhi671/
Etanay671/
Etanea671/

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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 Etonye
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