Awokunle Surname

223,197th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,825 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Awokunle Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Awokunle Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria1,8151:97,5996,670
England71:7,959,723202,100
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Ivory Coast11:23,071,23276,679

Awokunle (95) may also be a first name.

Awokunle Last Name Facts

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

The surname Awokunle occurs in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It may also appear as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Awokunle? popularity and diffusion

Awokunle is the 223,197th most prevalent last name on a worldwide basis, borne by around 1 in 3,993,176 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Awokunle live; 99 percent live in West Africa and 99 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Awokunle is also the 974,243rd most common forename throughout the world, borne by 95 people.

This last name is most widely held in Nigeria, where it is held by 1,815 people, or 1 in 97,599. In Nigeria Awokunle is most prevalent in: Osun, where 37 percent are found, Oyo, where 19 percent are found and Lagos, where 10 percent are found. Besides Nigeria it is found in 3 countries. It also occurs in England, where 0 percent are found and The United States, where 0 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Awokuunle941/
Owokunle88144/
Awukunle881/
Owokkunle822/
Owoikunle821/
Ewekunle7567/
Owakunle754/
Avekunle751/
Owekunle751/
Obakounle716/
Oyuekunle713/
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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
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • 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 Awokunle
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