Obionwu Surname
Approximately 70 people bear this surname
Obionwu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 61 | 1:2,903,980 | 91,283 |
| England | 3 | 1:18,572,686 | 338,250 |
| South Africa | 3 | 1:18,059,235 | 248,362 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
Obionwu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Obionwu Come From? nationality or country of origin
Obionwu is most common in Nigeria. It may also appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Obionwu? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 2,273,756th most widespread family name at a global level, held by approximately 1 in 104,107,799 people. It is primarily found in Africa, where 91 percent of Obionwu live; 87 percent live in West Africa and 87 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
It is most widely held in Nigeria, where it is held by 61 people, or 1 in 2,903,980. In Nigeria it is most numerous in: Enugu, where 48 percent are found, Lagos, where 18 percent are found and Osun, where 13 percent are found. Barring Nigeria Obionwu exists in 4 countries. It is also found in England, where 4 percent are found and South Africa, where 4 percent are found.
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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 Obionwu
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