Obanuta Surname

3,373,373rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 34 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Obanuta Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Obanuta Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria301:5,904,759145,253
England41:13,929,515290,718

Obanuta Last Name Facts

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

The surname Obanuta occurs most in Nigeria. It can be found as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Obanuta? popularity and diffusion

The last name Obanuta is the 3,373,373rd most frequently used surname internationally, held by approximately 1 in 214,339,586 people. The surname Obanuta occurs mostly in Africa, where 88 percent of Obanuta live; 88 percent live in West Africa and 88 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa.

This surname is most commonly used in Nigeria, where it is held by 30 people, or 1 in 5,904,759. In Nigeria Obanuta is most prevalent in: Delta, where 37 percent reside, Edo, where 30 percent reside and Rivers, where 17 percent reside. Other than Nigeria this last name exists in one country. It is also common in England, where 12 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Obanita861/
Obonguta8017/
Obenita71973/
Abanita7125/
Ebanita719/
Obanito712/
Abonita572,107/
Obeñita57929/
Abenita5771/
Abanito572/
Abenuto571/
Ebonita571/
Habonita53184/
Ubongute531/
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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 Obanuta
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