Onán

given name · Latin script

Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise

Onán is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Türkiye than in any other country. In Dominica it is the 27th most common surname. Recorded meaning: From Hebrew אוֹנָן (onán).

rarermore common
  • PHPhilippines≈1 in 141K(inferred from the name graph)
  • USUnited States1 in 318K
  • NZNew Zealand≈1 in 13K

carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

Türkiye (inferred from the name graph)

≈3,200 people, est.

Sources
166 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

≈1 in 13K (inferred from the name graph)

New Zealand, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

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Spellings & scripts(measured from records)

2 other spellings are counted as the same name:

Locally spelled Onan in US United States, PH Philippines, NZ New Zealand and 4 more.

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin(measured from records)

From Hebrew אוֹנָן (onán).

Sources 4

  • Irish first names
  • TDK Kişi Adları Sözlüğü (official Turkish given-name dictionary)
  • Wiktionary
  • Biblical Names Compiled Database

Attested across 16 languages in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Onán counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.

Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.

Where Onán is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
TR Türkiye—≈3,200 est.≈1 in 26K—Onan10
US United States—1,0451 in 318K1.1KOnan166
PH Philippines—≈770 est.≈1 in 141K—Onan16
NZ New Zealand—≈380 est.≈1 in 13K—Onan4
DE Germany—≈220 est.≈1 in 365K—Onan27
BE Belgium—441 in 266K44Onan4
DM Dominica#27——2Onan1

Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.

Registers cited: Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010; Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020; Dominica — Revised List of Electors May 2025; Familienaam.be — Belgian family-name frequency (population register). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.

Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).

Evidence(measured from records)

No register attests this spelling yet

None of the official registers or reference works in our corpus lists Onán under this spelling. The statistics on this page rest on person records, and the related names are inferred from the name graph.

Frequently asked questions

What does the name Onán mean, and where does it come from?
From Hebrew אוֹנָן (onán). Recorded by Irish first names and TDK Kişi Adları Sözlüğü (official Turkish given-name dictionary) and 2 other sources.
Is Onán a male or female name?
Onán is a male name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.
In which country does Onán have the most bearers?
Mondonomo estimates about 3.2 thousand people named Onán in Türkiye, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled onan.
How common is the name Onán?
In the United States, the national register counted 1,045 people named Onán in 2010, about 1 in 318 thousand residents.
How common is Onán compared with other names?
In Dominica, Onán is the 27th most common surname of 841 surnames recorded there.

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About this data

measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated

These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.

Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.

Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.

Cite this page Mondonomo, “Onán” — the 27th most common surname in Dominica. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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