Famodun Surname

778,856th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 364 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Famodun Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Famodun Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria3371:525,64625,906
England211:2,653,24194,788
United States61:60,409,8221,028,827

Famodun Last Name Facts

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

Famodun is found in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It may also occur in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of Famodun.

How Common Is The Last Name Famodun? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 778,856th most frequently occurring surname on earth, held by around 1 in 20,020,731 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 93 percent of Famodun reside; 93 percent reside in West Africa and 93 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa.

Famodun is most frequently held in Nigeria, where it is held by 337 people, or 1 in 525,646. In Nigeria Famodun is most common in: Lagos, where 38 percent live, Ondo, where 33 percent live and Osun, where 14 percent live. Not including Nigeria this surname is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in England, where 6 percent live and The United States, where 2 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 Famodun
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