Önce

surname · Latin script

Meaning: before

Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published

Önce is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Türkiye than in any other country.

rarermore common
  • TRTürkiye≈1 in 52K(inferred from the name graph)
  • ESSpain1 in 962K
  • USUnited States1 in 2.2M

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)

≈1,600 people, est.

Sources
19 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

≈1 in 52K (inferred from the name graph)

Türkiye, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

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Meaning & origin(measured from records)

before

Sources 1

  • kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

Attested across 13 languages in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Önce 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 Önce is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
TR Türkiye≈1,600 est.≈1 in 52K—Önce19
US United States1531 in 2.2M179—14
ES Spain521 in 962K52—1
BR Brazil261 in 8.1M26——
AR Argentina121 in 3.8M12——
NL Netherlands≈5 est.≈1 in 3.7M—Önce7

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; INE — Padrón per-token widgets (current living counts, given + apellidos); INE — Apellidos más frecuentes (Padrón Municipal); IBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname); RENAPER — Apellidos (person counts, national). 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).

Other names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

Önce is also recorded as 7 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • German surname8 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Germany, Türkiye, United States

    Languages: German, English

    Also written Once, Oence, Öncë

  • Bulgarian surname7 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Türkiye

    Also written Once

  • Spanish surname8 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Mexico, Türkiye

    Also written Once, Onçē, Öncë, Oncé, Óncé

  • a separate name3 spellings in the group

    Also written Once

  • Arabic name5 spellings in the group

    Also written Onçe, Ônçê, Once

  • a separate name2 spellings in the group

    Also written Once

  • Hindi name5 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in India

    Also written Once, Oncë

10 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 2 sources across 0 countries.

Reference works 2

  • Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
  • Nişanyan Adlar (Turkish given-name national-registry frequency)

These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

Frequently asked questions

What does the name Önce mean, and where does it come from?
before Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).
In which country does Önce have the most bearers?
Mondonomo estimates about 1.6 thousand people named Önce in Türkiye, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled önce.
How common is the name Önce?
In the United States, the national register counted 153 people named Önce in 2010, about 1 in 2.2 million residents.

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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, “Önce”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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