Obonyi Surname
Approximately 203 people bear this surname
Obonyi Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 201 | 1:881,307 | 38,450 |
| Uganda | 2 | 1:19,519,640 | 189,114 |
Obonyi (11) may also be a first name.
Obonyi Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Obonyi Come From? nationality or country of origin
Obonyi is held by more people in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It may be found as:. Click here for further potential spellings of Obonyi.
How Common Is The Last Name Obonyi? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 1,173,425th most common last name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by around 1 in 35,899,241 people. The surname Obonyi is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Obonyi are found; 99 percent are found in West Africa and 99 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 3,487,849th most frequent first name in the world, held by 11 people.
Obonyi is most frequently occurring in Nigeria, where it is borne by 201 people, or 1 in 881,307. In Nigeria Obonyi is most common in: Benue, where 74 percent reside, Plateau, where 10 percent reside and Ogun, where 6 percent reside. Excluding Nigeria Obonyi occurs in one country. It is also common in Uganda, 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
- 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 Obonyi
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