Obikunle Surname

1,628,521st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 123 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Obikunle Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Obikunle Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria1171:1,514,04157,594
United States51:72,491,7871,102,614
Germany11:80,505,459560,955

Obikunle Last Name Facts

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

Obikunle is held by more people in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It may be rendered as:. For other possible spellings of Obikunle click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Obikunle? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 1,628,521st most commonly used surname on a global scale. It is borne by approximately 1 in 59,248,341 people. The last name Obikunle occurs mostly in Africa, where 95 percent of Obikunle are found; 95 percent are found in West Africa and 95 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa.

Obikunle is most frequently occurring in Nigeria, where it is borne by 117 people, or 1 in 1,514,041. In Nigeria Obikunle is most numerous in: Lagos, where 35 percent reside, Oyo, where 26 percent reside and Ogun, where 14 percent reside. Beside Nigeria this last name is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 4 percent reside and Germany, where 1 percent reside.

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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 Obikunle
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