Obonye Surname
Approximately 955 people bear this surname
Obonye Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Botswana | 910 | 1:2,403 | 270 |
| Nigeria | 24 | 1:7,380,948 | 165,663 |
| South Africa | 17 | 1:3,186,924 | 115,449 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Obonye (1,211) may also be a first name.
Obonye Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Obonye Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Obonye is held by more people in Botswana than any other country/territory. It may occur as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Obonye? popularity and diffusion
The surname Obonye is the 374,939th most frequently used surname world-wide, borne by approximately 1 in 7,630,938 people. The surname is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Obonye reside; 97 percent reside in Southern Africa and 97 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 227,551st most numerous first name in the world, borne by 1,211 people.
Obonye is most common in Botswana, where it is borne by 910 people, or 1 in 2,403. Besides Botswana it exists in 6 countries. It is also found in Nigeria, where 3 percent live and South Africa, where 2 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oboniye | 92 | 216 | / |
| Obuonye | 92 | 21 | / |
| Oboenye | 92 | 4 | / |
| Oboneye | 92 | 1 | / |
| Obgonye | 92 | 1 | / |
| Obanye | 83 | 871 | / |
| Obogne | 83 | 535 | / |
| Obonge | 83 | 149 | / |
| Owonye | 83 | 36 | / |
| Abonye | 83 | 27 | / |
| Oboney | 83 | 18 | / |
| Obonje | 83 | 1 | / |
| Omponye | 77 | 233 | / |
| Obaneye | 77 | 149 | / |
| Obanaye | 77 | 70 | / |
| Obanoye | 77 | 59 | / |
| Obonoje | 77 | 57 | / |
| Obonaje | 77 | 23 | / |
| Obonyoi | 77 | 10 | / |
| Oyuonye | 77 | 8 | / |
| Oboniyi | 77 | 7 | / |
| Obanuye | 77 | 7 | / |
| Obaniye | 77 | 3 | / |
| Oboniya | 77 | 2 | / |
| Abgonye | 77 | 2 | / |
| Obanyeh | 77 | 2 | / |
| Obongne | 77 | 1 | / |
| Aboniye | 77 | 1 | / |
| Obanyej | 77 | 1 | / |
| Oboneis | 77 | 1 | / |
| O'Banye | 77 | 1 | / |
| Osbonie | 77 | 0 | / |
| Owonaiye | 71 | 67 | / |
| Obonnaya | 71 | 49 | / |
| Obanaiye | 71 | 26 | / |
| Obahanye | 71 | 13 | / |
| Obongoya | 71 | 4 | / |
| Obonogie | 71 | 1 | / |
| Ochuonye | 71 | 1 | / |
| Gobonoje | 71 | 1 | / |
| Obonyoyi | 71 | 1 | / |
| Abongoye | 71 | 1 | / |
| Obgonaya | 71 | 1 | / |
| Obonnoya | 71 | 1 | / |
| Obanuoye | 71 | 1 | / |
| Obonai | 67 | 867 | / |
| Abonge | 67 | 607 | / |
| Abonee | 67 | 374 | / |
| Abonie | 67 | 356 | / |
| Obunge | 67 | 274 | / |
| Abogne | 67 | 135 | / |
| Obanje | 67 | 126 | / |
| Obonou | 67 | 118 | / |
| Awonye | 67 | 85 | / |
| Obgonnaya | 67 | 70 | / |
| Abunye | 67 | 27 | / |
| Obange | 67 | 25 | / |
| Aboney | 67 | 21 | / |
| Abanye | 67 | 18 | / |
| Abonae | 67 | 16 | / |
| Ubonge | 67 | 10 | / |
| Owonie | 67 | 9 | / |
| Ubanye | 67 | 5 | / |
| Abounniye | 67 | 4 | / |
| Ubonje | 67 | 3 | / |
| Abonje | 67 | 3 | / |
| Abonay | 67 | 3 | / |
| Owanye | 67 | 2 | / |
| Abonei | 67 | 2 | / |
| Abonoy | 67 | 2 | / |
| Obanee | 67 | 1 | / |
| Abonhe | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ojbonnaya | 67 | 1 | / |
| Obaney | 67 | 1 | / |
| Avonye | 67 | 1 | / |
| Obugne | 67 | 1 | / |
| Obanea | 67 | 1 | / |
| Obanoe | 67 | 1 | / |
| Owonje | 67 | 1 | / |
| Obunie | 67 | 1 | / |
| Abonoe | 67 | 0 | / |
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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 Obonye
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