Onawunmi Surname

1,504,764th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 139 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Onawunmi Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Onawunmi Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria1381:1,283,64351,044
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Onawunmi (15) may also be a first name.

Onawunmi Last Name Facts

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

The last name Onawunmi is found in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It can appear as:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Onawunmi? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 1,504,764th most commonly held family name internationally, borne by around 1 in 52,428,388 people. This surname is primarily found in Africa, where 99 percent of Onawunmi are found; 99 percent are found in West Africa and 99 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 2,900,335th most commonly used forename at a global level, borne by 15 people.

The surname Onawunmi is most frequently used in Nigeria, where it is held by 138 people, or 1 in 1,283,643. In Nigeria Onawunmi is mostly concentrated in: Osun, where 39 percent live, Lagos, where 24 percent live and Oyo, where 17 percent live. Outside of Nigeria this last name is found in one country. It also occurs in The United States, where 1 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 Onawunmi
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