Onija Surname
Approximately 200 people bear this surname
Onija Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 198 | 1:894,660 | 38,889 |
| Romania | 1 | 1:20,077,870 | 89,414 |
| Turkmenistan | 1 | 1:5,489,112 | 11,427 |
Onija (45) may also be a first name.
Onija Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Onija Come From? nationality or country of origin
Onija is held by more people in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It may be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Onija click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Onija? popularity and diffusion
It is the 1,185,157th most numerous last name throughout the world, borne by around 1 in 36,437,730 people. The surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Onija are found; 99 percent are found in West Africa and 99 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Onija is also the 1,504,468th most commonly held first name globally. It is borne by 45 people.
This surname is most frequently used in Nigeria, where it is held by 198 people, or 1 in 894,660. In Nigeria it is primarily found in: Ekiti, where 80 percent live, Delta, where 6 percent live and Enugu, where 5 percent live. Beside Nigeria Onija exists in 2 countries. It is also found in Romania, where 1 percent live and Turkmenistan, where 1 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 Onija
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