Obanure Surname

1,409,418th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 154 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Obanure Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Obanure Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria1501:1,180,95247,933
England21:27,859,030389,889
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Obanure Last Name Facts

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

The surname Obanure is borne by more people in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It may also appear as:. For other possible spellings of Obanure click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Obanure? popularity and diffusion

It is the 1,409,418th most widely held surname on a global scale, held by approximately 1 in 47,321,727 people. This surname is primarily found in Africa, where 97 percent of Obanure are found; 97 percent are found in West Africa and 97 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa.

This surname is most frequently held in Nigeria, where it is held by 150 people, or 1 in 1,180,952. In Nigeria it is most frequent in: Kogi, where 39 percent reside, Oyo, where 11 percent reside and Lagos, where 10 percent reside. Besides Nigeria Obanure exists in 3 countries. It is also found in England, where 1 percent reside and Belgium, where 1 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Obanur926/
Obanore8638/
Obanura861/
Hobanur861/
Obonure861/
Gubanure808/
Abanurea804/
Abhanure801/
Obenaure800/
Obanor773,200/
Abanur771,046/
Gobhanour751/
Abanire71515/
Avanure7153/
Habanur7138/
Obanori7123/
Abangur7123/
Abanour718/
Abanuur717/
Abanura713/
Abanuri713/
Obainor712/
Ubonure711/
Obaynor711/
O'Banor711/
Awanure711/
Gabanur711/
Obannor711/
Abanhire6718/
Gavanure676/
Abahnura671/

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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 Obanure
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