Ohunyon Surname

496,702nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 664 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Ohunyon Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Ohunyon Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria6551:270,44715,411
England41:13,929,515290,718
United States41:90,614,7331,198,479
Norway11:5,142,286129,201

Ohunyon (12) may also be a first name.

Ohunyon Last Name Facts

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

Ohunyon is carried by more people in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It can be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Ohunyon click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Ohunyon? popularity and diffusion

It is the 496,702nd most frequent surname internationally, held by around 1 in 10,975,220 people. The surname Ohunyon is primarily found in Africa, where 99 percent of Ohunyon are found; 99 percent are found in West Africa and 99 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 3,306,491st most frequently held first name throughout the world, borne by 12 people.

This surname is most widely held in Nigeria, where it is borne by 655 people, or 1 in 270,447. In Nigeria Ohunyon is most prevalent in: Edo, where 59 percent reside, Lagos, where 15 percent reside and Delta, where 10 percent reside. Besides Nigeria it exists in 3 countries. It is also found in England, where 1 percent reside and The United States, where 1 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Oohunyon931/
Ohuunyon931/
Ohunyn921/
Ohonyon86119/
Ohunyan8644/
Ohunyom862/
Ohougnon801/
Aonyon7712/
Ohoungnon7516/
Ohuneiyan751/
Ohonyan714/
Hohonyn713/
Aougnon712/
Ahougnon67233/
Goyunyan677/
Gohounin671/
Ahonuyon671/
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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 Ohunyon
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