Obaniyin Surname
Approximately 5 people bear this surname
Obaniyin Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 4 | 1:44,285,690 | 437,567 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
Obaniyin Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Obaniyin Come From? nationality or country of origin
Obaniyin is held by more people in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It can also appear as:. Click here for other potential spellings of Obaniyin.
How Common Is The Last Name Obaniyin? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 8,193,072nd most frequently occurring surname world-wide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 1,457,509,183 people. The last name Obaniyin occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Obaniyin reside; 100 percent reside in West Africa and 100 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
The last name is most widely held in Nigeria, where it is carried by 4 people, or 1 in 44,285,690. In Nigeria it is most frequent in: Lagos, where 75 percent are found and Oyo, where 25 percent are found. Aside from Nigeria this surname occurs in one country. It is also common in Benin, where 20 percent are found.
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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 Obaniyin
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