Obonyilo Surname

731,961st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 396 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Obonyilo Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Obonyilo Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria3941:449,60122,976
England11:55,718,059489,080
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Obonyilo (18) may also be a first name.

Obonyilo Last Name Facts

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

Obonyilo is held by more people in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It can also occur in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Obonyilo? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 731,961st most frequently held family name internationally It is held by approximately 1 in 18,402,894 people. It is mostly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Obonyilo live; 99 percent live in West Africa and 99 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Obonyilo is also the 2,608,198th most frequently occurring first name on earth, held by 18 people.

The surname Obonyilo is most frequently held in Nigeria, where it is borne by 394 people, or 1 in 449,601. In Nigeria Obonyilo is most common in: Benue, where 71 percent are found, Lagos, where 11 percent are found and Federal Capital Territory, where 7 percent are found. Without taking into account Nigeria Obonyilo is found in 2 countries. It is also common in England, where 0 percent are found and The United States, where 0 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 Obonyilo
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