Obanubi Surname
Approximately 375 people bear this surname
Obanubi Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 354 | 1:500,403 | 24,988 |
| England | 20 | 1:2,785,903 | 97,972 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
Obanubi Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Obanubi Come From? nationality or country of origin
Obanubi has its highest incidence in Nigeria. It can also be found as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Obanubi? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 761,666th most frequent family name on earth, held by approximately 1 in 19,433,456 people. This last name is mostly found in Africa, where 94 percent of Obanubi live; 94 percent live in West Africa and 94 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
This surname is most frequently held in Nigeria, where it is carried by 354 people, or 1 in 500,403. In Nigeria it is most numerous in: Lagos, where 37 percent reside, Kogi, where 13 percent reside and Ondo, where 12 percent reside. Besides Nigeria Obanubi exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in England, where 5 percent reside and Germany, where 0 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Obanobi | 86 | 318 | / |
| Obanibi | 86 | 312 | / |
| Abanubi | 86 | 13 | / |
| Obanube | 86 | 1 | / |
| Abanobi | 71 | 753 | / |
| Owonubi | 71 | 327 | / |
| Obanuwa | 71 | 212 | / |
| Awonubi | 71 | 133 | / |
| Obanobe | 71 | 3 | / |
| Obanibe | 71 | 2 | / |
| Obonobi | 71 | 1 | / |
| Abenubi | 71 | 1 | / |
| Obanouwe | 67 | 2 | / |
| Ebenaubi | 67 | 1 | / |
| Abongubi | 67 | 1 | / |
| Abanuwa | 57 | 17 | / |
| Obanowe | 57 | 8 | / |
| Awonuba | 57 | 5 | / |
| Abanowi | 57 | 1 | / |
| Abenibi | 57 | 1 | / |
| Awanuwei | 53 | 1 | / |
| Abeanuwa | 53 | 1 | / |
| Avoungube | 50 | 1 | / |
| Abounibai | 50 | 1 | / |
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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 Obanubi
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