Obayuwana Surname

215,704th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,904 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Gibraltar

Obayuwana Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Obayuwana Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria1,8421:96,1696,594
England251:2,228,72284,230
United States231:15,759,084542,937
Netherlands51:3,377,435111,911
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Gibraltar11:33,9541,660
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Poland11:38,008,749231,653
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448

Obayuwana (56) may also be a first name.

Obayuwana Last Name Facts

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

The last name Obayuwana is carried by more people in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It can also be found in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Obayuwana? popularity and diffusion

The surname Obayuwana is the 215,704th most widely held family name throughout the world It is held by around 1 in 3,827,493 people. Obayuwana is predominantly found in Africa, where 97 percent of Obayuwana reside; 97 percent reside in West Africa and 97 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 1,321,957th most frequent forename internationally, held by 56 people.

The surname Obayuwana is most commonly occurring in Nigeria, where it is held by 1,842 people, or 1 in 96,169. In Nigeria Obayuwana is primarily found in: Edo, where 84 percent reside, Lagos, where 5 percent reside and Delta, where 3 percent reside. Other than Nigeria it occurs in 12 countries. It is also found in England, where 1 percent reside and The United States, where 1 percent reside.

Obayuwana Last Name Statistics demography

Obayuwana earn notably less less than the average income. In United States they earn 17.55% less than the national average, earning $35,578 USD per year.

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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 Obayuwana
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