Onatunji Surname

908,336th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 293 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Onatunji Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Onatunji Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria2921:606,65328,963
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Onatunji (24) may also be a first name.

Onatunji Last Name Facts

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

The last name Onatunji is found in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It can also occur as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Onatunji.

How Common Is The Last Name Onatunji? popularity and diffusion

The surname Onatunji is the 908,336th most commonly held surname world-wide, held by approximately 1 in 24,872,170 people. It is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Onatunji live; 100 percent live in West Africa and 100 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 2,187,323rd most commonly used first name on earth. It is borne by 24 people.

The surname Onatunji is most widely held in Nigeria, where it is borne by 292 people, or 1 in 606,653. In Nigeria Onatunji is mostly concentrated in: Oyo, where 72 percent live, Lagos, where 8 percent live and Osun, where 5 percent live. Besides Nigeria it occurs in one country. It also occurs in The United States, where 0 percent live.

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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 Onatunji
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