Okunniyi Surname

818,364th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 340 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Iceland

Okunniyi Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Okunniyi Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria3311:535,17426,268
England41:13,929,515290,718
Iceland11:380,09011,096
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
Vietnam11:92,646,0548,382

Okunniyi Last Name Facts

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

Okunniyi occurs more in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It may also occur as:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Okunniyi? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 818,364th most frequently occurring last name on a worldwide basis, held by approximately 1 in 21,433,959 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 98 percent of Okunniyi reside; 97 percent reside in West Africa and 97 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa.

The surname Okunniyi is most commonly held in Nigeria, where it is carried by 331 people, or 1 in 535,174. In Nigeria Okunniyi is mostly found in: Ondo, where 32 percent are found, Ogun, where 24 percent are found and Lagos, where 21 percent are found. Not including Nigeria it occurs in 6 countries. It is also found in England, where 1 percent are found and Iceland, where 0 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Okuniyi93235/
Okunnuyi884/
Okunniya883/
Okunaiyi882/
Okunuyi8019/
Okuniya8016/
Okunnai802/
Akuniyi802/
Okunnay801/
Okunneye75162/
Okunnaya7528/
Okunnoye7518/
Okonnoyi751/
Okunioye751/
Okunai71485/
Okunye7188/
Okuney7113/
Okunei716/
Okunoy712/
Okunoi711/
Okunoye673,473/
Okuneye671,803/
Okonyia671,101/
Okunaya67131/
Okunoya6733/
Okaunye6722/
Okunaye6717/
Akunaii6710/
Okonuyi679/
Akunnie673/
Okunuya673/
Okunoey673/
Okounye672/
Okoneyi672/
Okuneya672/
Akunnai671/
Okunhie671/
Okunuye671/
Okounie671/
Okonayi671/
Okunoyo671/
Okunayo671/
Akuniya671/
Okoniya671/
Okonyie671/
Okunoia671/

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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 Okunniyi
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