Onobi Surname
Approximately 170 people bear this surname
Onobi Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 143 | 1:1,238,761 | 49,638 |
| Japan | 25 | 1:5,113,772 | 39,513 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
Onobi Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Onobi Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Onobi occurs more in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It may also occur as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Onobi click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Onobi? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 1,321,499th most widely held last name world-wide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 42,867,917 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 85 percent of Onobi live; 84 percent live in West Africa and 84 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
This last name is most prevalent in Nigeria, where it is borne by 143 people, or 1 in 1,238,761. In Nigeria Onobi is mostly found in: Benue, where 59 percent reside, Lagos, where 16 percent reside and Kogi, where 9 percent reside. Without taking into account Nigeria this last name exists in 3 countries. It also occurs in Japan, where 15 percent reside and The DR Congo, where 1 percent reside.
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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 Onobi
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