Oguniyi Surname

110,100th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 4,224 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Oguniyi Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Oguniyi Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria4,2211:41,9673,315
Benin11:10,335,602103,742
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Oguniyi (214) may also be a first name.

Oguniyi Last Name Facts

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

Oguniyi is borne by more people in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It can occur as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Oguniyi? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 110,100th most widely held last name worldwide, borne by around 1 in 1,725,271 people. This surname is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Oguniyi are found; 100 percent are found in West Africa and 100 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Oguniyi is also the 617,781st most numerous forename world-wide. It is borne by 214 people.

The surname Oguniyi is most commonly used in Nigeria, where it is borne by 4,221 people, or 1 in 41,967. In Nigeria it is mostly concentrated in: Oyo, where 20 percent are found, Lagos, where 15 percent are found and Osun, where 13 percent are found. Barring Nigeria this surname is found in 3 countries. It is also common in Benin, where 0 percent are found and Italy, where 0 percent are found.

Oguniyi Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those holding the last name is principally Christian (83%) in Nigeria.

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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 Oguniyi
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