Oboniye Surname

1,121,821st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 216 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Oboniye Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Oboniye Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria2131:831,65636,746
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Oboniye Last Name Facts

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

The surname Oboniye is found most frequently in Nigeria. It may also occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Oboniye click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Oboniye? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 1,121,821st most commonly held last name at a global level. It is borne by around 1 in 33,738,638 people. The last name is mostly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Oboniye are found; 99 percent are found in West Africa and 99 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa.

Oboniye is most common in Nigeria, where it is borne by 213 people, or 1 in 831,656. In Nigeria Oboniye is primarily concentrated in: Edo, where 78 percent live, Lagos, where 6 percent live and Rivers, where 5 percent live. Not including Nigeria this surname exists in 3 countries. It also occurs in Canada, where 0 percent live and South Africa, where 0 percent live.

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Obaniye863/
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Obanoye7159/
Obonoje7157/
Owonaye7153/
Awoniye7137/
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Gabonie7112/
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Owonoye713/
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Ebonaye712/
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Eboniyo711/
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Obanije711/
O'Banye711/
Abaniye711/
Obonnaya6749/
Ebhonaye6733/
Obahanye6713/
Obongoya674/
Oubonnoi674/
Gobonoje671/
Obomhitheye671/
Abounieh671/
Obonyoyi671/
Obhaniyo671/
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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 Oboniye
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