The surname Onan
A surname, carried by 1,045 people in the United States.
2 syllables Soundex O550
How common it is
2010 US Census
There were 1,045 people named Onan in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 295,450 Americans. That is up 18% since 2000, when the Census counted 889.
#24,090
rank among US surnames
1,045
people in 2010
0.3
per 100,000 Americans
+17.5%
change since 2000 (was #25,945)
Who is named Onan
Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census
95% of people named Onan identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.4% as two or more races and 1.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
- White (not Hispanic) 95%
- Two or more races 1.4%
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.2%
- Black (not Hispanic) 1.0%
- Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%
- American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5%
Spellings and sound-alikes
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Surnames that sound like Onan
Onan has the Soundex code O550, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code O550.
Questions
- How common is the surname Onan?
- 1,045 people in the United States had the surname Onan in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 295,450 Americans. It ranked 24,090th of 162,253 surnames.
- What ethnicity is the surname Onan?
- In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Onan identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.4% as two or more races.
- Is the surname Onan getting more or less common?
- More common. 889 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,045 in 2010, up 18%.