Arekunle Surname

1,871,545th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 98 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Benin

Arekunle Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Arekunle Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria901:1,968,25369,534
Benin81:1,291,95054,095

Arekunle Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Arekunle Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Arekunle is more frequently found in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Arekunle? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 1,871,545th most common family name internationally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 74,362,713 people. Arekunle is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Arekunle reside; 100 percent reside in West Africa and 100 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa.

It is most commonly held in Nigeria, where it is carried by 90 people, or 1 in 1,968,253. In Nigeria it is primarily found in: Ogun, where 91 percent live and Lagos, where 9 percent live. Excluding Nigeria Arekunle is found in one country. It is also found in Benin, where 8 percent live.

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Footnotes

  • Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
  • Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
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  • Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
  • Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Arekunle
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