Obalonye Surname

704,927th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 417 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Obalonye Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Obalonye Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria4171:424,80321,997

Obalonye Last Name Facts

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

The surname Obalonye occurs in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It may appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Obalonye? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 704,927th most prevalent last name on a global scale, borne by approximately 1 in 17,476,129 people. This last name is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Obalonye live; 100 percent live in West Africa and 100 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa.

The surname is most frequent in Nigeria, where it is held by 417 people, or 1 in 424,803. In Nigeria Obalonye is most numerous in: Enugu, where 93 percent reside, Federal Capital Territory, where 3 percent reside and Lagos, where 3 percent reside.

Obalonye Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those holding the surname is principally Christian (100%) in Nigeria.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Obalange758/
Gobalanie7112/
Aballonee711/
Obolonnaya673/
Gaballonie671/
Ubalange634/
Ubalanje631/
Govalanie593/
Owalanyoy591/
Gubalanie591/
Abalaniya591/
Abalahnejad531/
Abolanea501/
Avalange501/
Awolange501/

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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 Obalonye
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