Obunike Surname
Approximately 420 people bear this surname
Obunike Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 403 | 1:439,560 | 22,574 |
| United States | 9 | 1:40,273,215 | 872,126 |
| England | 5 | 1:11,143,612 | 252,590 |
| Guyana | 3 | 1:254,074 | 11,262 |
Obunike (306) may also be a first name.
Obunike Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Obunike Come From? nationality or country of origin
Obunike is most common in Nigeria. It may appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Obunike? popularity and diffusion
It is the 701,000th most frequently held surname internationally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 17,351,300 people. This last name is mostly found in Africa, where 96 percent of Obunike reside; 96 percent reside in West Africa and 96 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 503,193rd most common first name globally, borne by 306 people.
The last name Obunike is most frequently occurring in Nigeria, where it is carried by 403 people, or 1 in 439,560. In Nigeria Obunike is mostly concentrated in: Lagos, where 28 percent are found, Delta, where 9 percent are found and Enugu, where 8 percent are found. Outside of Nigeria this surname exists in 3 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 2 percent are found and England, where 1 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Obunaike | 93 | 4 | / |
| Obunieke | 93 | 1 | / |
| Obunikeu | 93 | 1 | / |
| Abunike | 86 | 22 | / |
| Obuneke | 86 | 14 | / |
| Ebunike | 86 | 6 | / |
| Obusnik | 86 | 1 | / |
| Obunaeke | 80 | 4 | / |
| Obunneke | 80 | 2 | / |
| Ebunaike | 80 | 1 | / |
| Oboniyake | 75 | 3 | / |
| Oboumneke | 75 | 2 | / |
| Abonike | 71 | 54 | / |
| Abuneke | 71 | 30 | / |
| Ebuneke | 71 | 11 | / |
| Obuneki | 71 | 2 | / |
| Obuneka | 71 | 1 | / |
| Abuniki | 71 | 1 | / |
| Hobounig | 67 | 1 | / |
| Aboneike | 67 | 1 | / |
| Abouhnaik | 63 | 1 | / |
| Abounigue | 63 | 1 | / |
| Abuneg | 62 | 1 | / |
| Abonik | 62 | 1 | / |
| Obonek | 62 | 0 | / |
| Habunek | 57 | 385 | / |
| Abonika | 57 | 13 | / |
| Ampunik | 57 | 6 | / |
| Aboniki | 57 | 2 | / |
| Abuneck | 57 | 2 | / |
| Abaunyk | 57 | 1 | / |
| Abunica | 57 | 1 | / |
| Abouneg | 57 | 1 | / |
| Abougnig | 53 | 39 | / |
| Abouneche | 50 | 1 | / |
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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 Obunike
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