Onn
surname · English · Latin script
Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
Onn is a surname, most frequently recorded in Malaysia. It appears chiefly in English and Malay, written in the Latin script.
- MYMalaysia1 in 16K◐
- SGSingapore1 in 53K
- AUAustralia1 in 223K
carrying the name, one hue, darker where it is more common. Hover a country for its figure.
- ≈130 ●
- Sources
- 80 ●
- 1 in 2.7M ◐
across 3 countries
7.8K records
Official registry-verified
United States
Meaning & origin
No verified etymology recorded for this name yet — the entries below are drawn from usage statistics and the name graph.
Sources 1
- Deshayes, Dictionnaire étymologique du breton (2003)
Attested in 1 language in the etymology graph.
Where in the world●
Sorted by bearers counted by national registers, records where none counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MY Malaysia | #862 | 3,491 | 4.2K rec. | — | — | Onn | 59 |
| AU Australia | — | 377 | 686 rec. | — | 1 | Onn | 49 |
| SG Singapore | — | 182 | 315 rec. | — | — | Onn | 43 |
| US United States | — | 124 | 2K rec. | 1 in 2.7M | 124 | Onn | 80 |
| GB United Kingdom | — | 116 | 177 rec. | — | — | Onn | 31 |
| CA Canada | — | 59 | 103 rec. | — | — | Onn | 22 |
| DE Germany | — | 39 | 62 rec. | — | — | Onn | 13 |
| IL Israel | — | 25 | 44 rec. | — | — | Onn | 20 |
| SE Sweden | — | 11 | 10 rec. | — | — | Onn | 7 |
| PH Philippines | — | 8 | 8 rec. | — | — | Onn | 4 |
| CN China | — | 8 | 5 rec. | — | — | Onn | 7 |
| PL Poland | — | 5 | — | 1 in 7.7M | 5 | — | — |
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table. How that works.
Languages●
- English5K41%
- Malay3.8K31%
- English (Singapore)5695%
- Indonesian5264%
- Chinese3193%
Show as table
| Name | Records | Note |
|---|---|---|
| English | 5,033 | 41% |
| Malay | 3,832 | 31% |
| English (Singapore) | 569 | 5% |
| Indonesian | 526 | 4% |
| Chinese | 319 | 3% |
Language is read off each record's context, not declared by the bearer; a share is of all records for this spelling.
Other recorded senses●
Onn is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
ISO 639-3 language code for Onobasulu.
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In kw, ash trees
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In Norwegian Nynorsk, bustle
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In Romansh, year
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In Breton, frêne(s)
as a wordDeshayes, Dictionnaire étymologique du breton (2003)
Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.
Notable people with this name●
- Alexander Onnb. 1946archaeologist (1946-2012)
- Shmuel Onnb. 1960ILIsraeli mathematician
- Inga Onnb. 1968SESwedish actress
- Melanie Onnb. 1979GBBritish politician (born 1979)
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
Evidence●
Attested in 11 sources across 6 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010 | 2010 | 124 | #135,593 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020 | 2020 | 116 | #145,028 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000 | 2000 | 104 | #146,011 |
| IN India | Instate — India surnames by state (real counts) from electoral rolls | — | 6 | #20,739 |
| PL Poland | dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (surnames) | 2026 | 5 | — |
| PL Poland | dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (names) | — | 5 | #203,645 |
| PL Poland | dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (surnames) | 2026 | 3 | — |
| PL Poland | dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (names) | — | 3 | #280,698 |
| IN India | Instate — India surnames by state (real counts) from electoral rolls | — | 3 | #5,537 |
| CZ Czechia | MVČR — living population register 2017 | — | 2 | #18,766 |
| BE Belgium | Familienaam.be — Belgian family-name frequency (population register) | 2008 | 1 | #181,135 |
| AU Australia | SA BDM — Popular baby names South Australia (1944–present) | 1993 | 1 | — |
Reference works 1
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-09-12 data build · 13 rows in the corpus for this spelling.
Frequently asked questions
- How common is the name Onn?
- We estimate roughly 130 people bear Onn (counting its spellings and scripts) across 3 countries in our records.
- In which country does Onn have the most bearers?
- Onn is most frequently recorded in Malaysia, where it is most often spelled onn.
- How common is Onn compared with other names?
- In Malaysia, Onn is the 862nd most common surname of 241,605 surnames recorded there.
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About this data
Data snapshot . Figures are rebuilt periodically and will change.
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, “Onn” — the 862nd most common surname in Malaysia. Data snapshot 2026-09-12.