Ohanusi Surname

487,899th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 680 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Iceland

Ohanusi Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Ohanusi Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria6571:269,62415,370
England81:6,964,757184,742
Cameroon51:4,153,814129,697
Iceland31:126,6975,403
United States31:120,819,6441,331,040
Finland11:5,496,70284,025
Mauritius11:1,293,41716,552
Senegal11:14,579,34211,705
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732

Ohanusi (18) may also be a first name.

Ohanusi Last Name Facts

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

The last name Ohanusi is held by more people in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It may also be found as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Ohanusi click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Ohanusi? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 487,899th most widely held surname on a worldwide basis. It is borne by approximately 1 in 10,716,979 people. The last name Ohanusi is mostly found in Africa, where 98 percent of Ohanusi reside; 97 percent reside in West Africa and 97 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 2,608,198th most frequently used given name on earth, borne by 18 people.

It is most common in Nigeria, where it is borne by 657 people, or 1 in 269,624. In Nigeria it is most numerous in: Lagos, where 35 percent are found, Federal Capital Territory, where 11 percent are found and Abia, where 10 percent are found. Not including Nigeria Ohanusi exists in 8 countries. It is also common in England, where 1 percent are found and Cameroon, where 1 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Ohanussi933/
Ohagnusi931/
Ohonusi8633/
Ohanuse862/
Oyeanusi804/
Aonusi779/
Ahonusi712/
Ouanisi711/
Ohanuzuoyi711/
Oyonusi711/
Ohonishi677/
Ouanissi674/
Ouanouchi631/
Ouannouchi593/
Ahonisi574/
Ojonuse571/
Ouanisse531/
Aounissi531/
Oannisse530/
Ouanouche50693/

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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 Ohanusi
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