Okunaiya Surname
Approximately 185 people bear this surname
Okunaiya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 176 | 1:1,006,493 | 42,496 |
| England | 8 | 1:6,964,757 | 184,742 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Okunaiya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Okunaiya Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Okunaiya is carried by more people in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It may also appear as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of Okunaiya.
How Common Is The Last Name Okunaiya? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 1,248,410th most frequently occurring family name world-wide, borne by around 1 in 39,392,140 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 95 percent of Okunaiya are found; 95 percent are found in West Africa and 95 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
The last name Okunaiya is most frequently held in Nigeria, where it is borne by 176 people, or 1 in 1,006,493. In Nigeria Okunaiya is most common in: Lagos, where 58 percent reside, Ogun, where 28 percent reside and Ebonyi, where 2 percent reside. Barring Nigeria this last name occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in England, where 4 percent reside and The United States, where 1 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Okunnaiya | 94 | 6 | / |
| Akunaiya | 88 | 3 | / |
| Okonaiya | 88 | 3 | / |
| Okunya | 86 | 646 | / |
| Okounya | 80 | 16 | / |
| Okaunya | 80 | 1 | / |
| Okunia | 71 | 2,410 | / |
| Okonya | 71 | 1,254 | / |
| Okunyo | 71 | 216 | / |
| Akunya | 71 | 53 | / |
| Okunja | 71 | 16 | / |
| Ukunya | 71 | 2 | / |
| Okunha | 71 | 1 | / |
| Hokonya | 67 | 990 | / |
| Okhunja | 67 | 73 | / |
| Gakunya | 67 | 40 | / |
| Okhonya | 67 | 10 | / |
| Akhunya | 67 | 4 | / |
| Okunjia | 67 | 4 | / |
| Okoenya | 67 | 3 | / |
| Akunnya | 67 | 2 | / |
| Okienya | 67 | 2 | / |
| Akunyah | 67 | 1 | / |
| Akounya | 67 | 1 | / |
| Akunjai | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ookunia | 67 | 1 | / |
| Okunnia | 67 | 1 | / |
| Okoonya | 67 | 1 | / |
| Gukunya | 67 | 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 Okunaiya
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