Okunoya Surname

3,432,070th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 33 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Japan
Highest density in:
Japan

Okunoya Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Okunoya Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Japan281:4,565,86838,149
Nigeria41:44,285,690437,567
Australia11:26,995,701270,794

Okunoya Last Name Facts

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

Okunoya is found most frequently in Japan. It may also be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Okunoya? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 3,432,070th most frequently held family name internationally It is held by around 1 in 220,834,725 people. The surname Okunoya occurs mostly in Asia, where 85 percent of Okunoya are found; 85 percent are found in East Asia and 85 percent are found in Nippono-Asia.

Okunoya is most widely held in Japan, where it is carried by 28 people, or 1 in 4,565,868. In Japan it is mostly concentrated in: Fukui Prefecture, where 89 percent are found, Aomori Prefecture, where 4 percent are found and Kanagawa Prefecture, where 4 percent are found. Aside from Japan it occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in Nigeria, where 12 percent are found and Australia, where 3 percent are found.

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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 Okunoya
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