Okunola Surname

19,735th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 27,790 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Okunola Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Okunola Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria27,4271:6,459781
England1701:327,75324,219
United States1361:2,665,139160,299
Ireland141:336,35312,021
Canada121:3,070,466169,836
Norway41:1,285,57269,185
South Africa31:18,059,235248,362
Scotland31:1,784,60641,943
Iceland31:126,6975,403
United Arab Emirates21:4,581,13693,443
Poland21:19,004,374199,659
Germany21:40,252,730481,636
Malaysia21:14,747,112316,340
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
Liberia11:4,408,53547,110
Ivory Coast11:23,071,23276,679
Gabon11:1,889,1946,814
France11:66,422,722504,397
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Benin11:10,335,602103,742
Belize11:355,4743,977
Australia11:26,995,701270,794

Okunola (1,321) may also be a first name.

Okunola Last Name Facts

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

The last name Okunola is held by more people in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered as:. Click here for further potential spellings of Okunola.

How Common Is The Last Name Okunola? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 19,735th most commonly occurring last name world-wide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 262,236 people. The last name Okunola occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Okunola live; 99 percent live in West Africa and 99 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Okunola is also the 216,222nd most widespread first name in the world, held by 1,321 people.

This last name is most widespread in Nigeria, where it is carried by 27,427 people, or 1 in 6,459. In Nigeria it is most frequent in: Oyo, where 30 percent live, Osun, where 20 percent live and Lagos, where 16 percent live. Without taking into account Nigeria it is found in 22 countries. It is also common in England, where 1 percent live and The United States, where 0 percent live.

Okunola Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those bearing the surname is principally Christian (69%) in Nigeria.

In The United States those holding the Okunola surname are 46.77% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 100% registered to vote for the political party.

The amount Okunola earn in different countries varies significantly. In United States they earn 26.59% less than the national average, earning $31,677 USD per year and in Canada they earn 1.88% more than the national average, earning $50,619 CAD per year.

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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 Okunola
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