Oguntokun Surname

500,196th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 658 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Oguntokun Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Oguntokun Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria5981:296,22516,594
England511:1,092,51152,584
United States41:90,614,7331,198,479
Norway21:2,571,14395,402
Iceland11:380,09011,096
Ivory Coast11:23,071,23276,679
Qatar11:2,357,99976,403

Oguntokun (17) may also be a first name.

Oguntokun Last Name Facts

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

The surname Oguntokun occurs most in Nigeria. It may appear in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Oguntokun? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 500,196th most common family name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by around 1 in 11,075,298 people. The last name is primarily found in Africa, where 91 percent of Oguntokun live; 91 percent live in West Africa and 91 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Oguntokun is also the 2,694,839th most frequently occurring first name globally, held by 17 people.

It is most prevalent in Nigeria, where it is held by 598 people, or 1 in 296,225. In Nigeria it is mostly concentrated in: Oyo, where 31 percent live, Osun, where 25 percent live and Lagos, where 18 percent live. Apart from Nigeria it occurs in 6 countries. It is also common in England, where 8 percent live and The United States, where 1 percent live.

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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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  • 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 Oguntokun
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