Funmi Surname

510,931st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 640 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Iceland

Funmi Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Funmi Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria5871:301,77616,841
England321:1,741,18971,393
United States51:72,491,7871,102,614
Canada31:12,281,864364,614
Northern Ireland21:922,51818,701
Iceland21:190,0456,825
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
Finland11:5,496,70284,025
Gambia11:1,923,4511,043
Ghana11:27,020,69223,742
Lebanon11:5,637,08332,436
Liberia11:4,408,53547,110
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002

Funmi (35,143) may also be a first name.

Funmi Last Name Facts

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

The last name Funmi is borne by more people in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It may also be found in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Funmi? popularity and diffusion

The surname Funmi is the 510,931st most common last name at a global level. It is borne by around 1 in 11,386,790 people. This surname is mostly found in Africa, where 92 percent of Funmi live; 92 percent live in West Africa and 92 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Funmi is also the 24,656th most prevalent first name world-wide, held by 35,143 people.

The surname is most widely held in Nigeria, where it is carried by 587 people, or 1 in 301,776. In Nigeria it is primarily concentrated in: Kwara, where 16 percent live, Ondo, where 15 percent live and Lagos, where 14 percent live. Outside of Nigeria it exists in 14 countries. It also occurs in England, where 5 percent live and The United States, where 1 percent live.

Funmi Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those holding the surname is chiefly Christian (79%) in Nigeria.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Faunmi9142/
Funmai911/
Feunmi911/
Funmei911/
Fummi80159/
Funma806/
Fonmi803/
Funme801/
Phunmi73421/
Founme735/
Funmmy731/
Fummei731/
Funmeh731/
Phunmai672/
Phunmoi671/
Fummy604/
Fonma603/
Fumme601/
Fummey551,721/
Phunma55739/
Phonmi55460/
Phummi55413/
Fonmoa55295/
Vunmee557/
Fummer555/
Phummai50963/
Phonmai50841/
Phummit508/
Phonmoi504/
Phunmee502/
Phunmmy501/
Phonmui501/

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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 Funmi
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