Oneil is used as a family name or surname in United States. It is 5 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Oneil
No. of characters: 5
Origin: United States
Meaning: Currently, no meaning found for Oneil

How popular is Oneil?

Oneil is common in United States.

Oneil is ranked 16872 on our list.

Despite the fact that the number of Oneil bearers increased by 3.315489 per cent in 2010 US census to 28949 since 2000, the surname slipped by 75 spots and ranked at 1220. The last name was found in around 98 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 88.03 89.68
Black 6.46 6.34
Hispanic or Latino 2.67 1.87
Others 1.78 1.27
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 0.55 0.47
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.51 0.37
Oneil is quite popular family name mostly used in United States while Jamaica is ahead in terms of density. Around 31125 people have been found who wears Oneil as their family name. Oneil is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
656,580 India9
275,830 Ukraine8
101,066 Zimbabwe5
10,542 China4
121,340 Spain4
59,967 Moldova4
184,212 France3
6,779 Nicaragua3
1,817 Marshall Islands3
10,329 Pakistan3
4,384 Northern Ireland3
67,494 South Africa3
32,086 Mexico3
2,967 Vietnam3
2,720 South Korea3
52,939 United Arab Emirates2
1,313 United States Virgin Islands2
19,093 Finland2
1,472 The Bahamas2
54,641 Sweden2
26,123 Malaysia2
18,625 Japan2
31,767 Greece2
1,389 Barbados2
65,594 Belgium2
5,298 Botswana2
11,224 Cameroon2
574 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines2
33,202 Saudi Arabia2
53,033 Nigeria1
810,193 Indonesia1
101,414 Kyrgyzstan1
30,360 Thailand1
7,847 Albania1
28,746 Algeria1
5,916 Mozambique1
799 British Virgin Islands1
1,970 Grenada1
34,581 Chile1
16,073 Latvia1
12,270 Lebanon1
16,640 Hong Kong1
2,057 Myanmar1
3,586 Honduras1
66,560 Philippines1
58,885 Poland1
7,191 Afghanistan1
36,814 Romania1
36,678 Singapore1
5,553 Taiwan1
4,435 Togo1
13,447 Uganda1
5,589 Sudan1
12,741 Ecuador1
24,771 Colombia1
28,365 Kenya1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
6,284 Ireland49
227,902 Russia37
16,226 New Zealand33
28,338 Norway20
69,202 Netherlands18
3,852 Costa Rica15
6,298 Trinidad and Tobago15
5,263 Guyana13
646 Cayman Islands11
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
67,110 Italy90
5,778 Uruguay86
4,622 Wales79
92,589 Brazil79
2,992 Puerto Rico68
66,582 Argentina60
18,012 Peru57
Countries with hundreds of Oneil:
8,010 England839
4,052 Ghana719
542 Jamaica696
7,445 Canada560
6,777 Australia425
38,477 Germany269
2,652 Scotland256
2,328 Dominican Republic252
1,271 Senegal116
Countries with ten thousands of Oneil:
1,507 United States26,147
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Immigrants to US

From Ireland

Immigrant Jane Oneil from Ireland aboard the Ottowa from Liverpool during the Irish famine. She is registered to be 19 years old when she arrived in USA on May 12, 1846. Servant James Oneil, Dressmaker Cathe. Oneil, Hugh Oneil (40) Workman, Hugh Oneil, aged 20, Hannah Oneil, aged 20, Nany Oneil, aged 20, Felix Oneil, aged 19, 25 years old Mary Oneil, and 827 other Oneil around 51.96% of whom were workman while others worked as dressmaker and weaver, farmer, spinster, milliner, servant, joiner, shoemaker, seamstress, barrel maker/ cooper, bootmaker, butcher, carpenter, merchant, mechanic migrated to US.

Oneil Namesakes

  • Ryan Oneil, Actor
  • Garrett Oneil, Actor
  • Jennifer Oneill, TV Producer
  • Brian ONeill, Film editor
  • Eileen ONeill, Film producer
  • Katherine M. Oneill, Actor

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