Awonubi Surname

1,551,568th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 133 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Awonubi Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Awonubi Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria1301:1,362,63753,337
England21:27,859,030389,889
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002

Awonubi Last Name Facts

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

The surname Awonubi is found in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It can occur as:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Awonubi? popularity and diffusion

The last name Awonubi is the 1,551,568th most widely held family name in the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 54,793,578 people. The last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 98 percent of Awonubi live; 98 percent live in West Africa and 98 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa.

The surname is most commonly held in Nigeria, where it is held by 130 people, or 1 in 1,362,637. In Nigeria it is mostly found in: Ogun, where 67 percent reside, Lagos, where 29 percent reside and Adamawa, where 1 percent reside. Beside Nigeria it occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in England, where 2 percent reside and Scotland, where 1 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Owonubi86327/
Awonuba865/
Awonobi864/
Awunubi862/
Awunubie8011/
Aiwunubie751/
Owonibi711,092/
Obanubi71375/
Abanubi7113/
Awunobi713/
Awenibi713/
Obunubi712/
Hawunobi671/
Ovgunnubi631/
Avoungube631/
Owanibi574/
Obunube571/
Owonibe571/
Obanube571/
Ohwonobe5321/
Owoniboy537/
Owhonobe537/

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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 Awonubi
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