Okunobo Surname

1,701,480th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 115 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Okunobo Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Okunobo Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria1131:1,567,63558,980
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
Japan11:127,844,29373,547

Okunobo Last Name Facts

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

The surname Okunobo is held by more people in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It can also occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Okunobo click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Okunobo? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 1,701,480th most frequently occurring family name on earth It is held by around 1 in 63,369,964 people. The last name Okunobo occurs predominantly in Africa, where 98 percent of Okunobo live; 98 percent live in West Africa and 98 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa.

Okunobo is most commonly held in Nigeria, where it is carried by 113 people, or 1 in 1,567,635. In Nigeria it is mostly found in: Bayelsa, where 42 percent live, Edo, where 39 percent live and Rivers, where 17 percent live. Without taking into account Nigeria this surname is found in 2 countries. It is also common in Canada, where 1 percent live and Japan, where 1 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Okunhobo939/
Okunoboh935/
Okunowo861,919/
Okonobo86301/
Okunebo862/
Okunubo862/
Okunoba861/
Akunobo861/
Okunnowo80133/
Okounowo801/
Okonobho801/
Okhonoboh751/
Okounnubo751/
Okonoba7176/
Ukunabo7155/
Okunawo7147/
Okunova7133/
Okonowo7127/
Okunowa714/
Okinabo714/
Akunabo713/
Okonabo711/
Okunová711/
Okonubo711/
Okhunova678,981/
Okounová6724/
Okonowoh672/
Okungowa671/
Okounova671/
Okunnowa671/
Okonoiba671/
Akhunovo671/
Okonobah671/

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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 Okunobo
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