Onobu Surname
Approximately 153 people bear this surname
Onobu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 136 | 1:1,302,520 | 51,596 |
| Japan | 14 | 1:9,131,735 | 44,780 |
| England | 2 | 1:27,859,030 | 389,889 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Onobu (54) may also be a first name.
Onobu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Onobu Come From? nationality or country of origin
Onobu is most common in Nigeria. It can be found as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Onobu? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 1,415,499th most frequently used last name throughout the world It is held by approximately 1 in 47,631,019 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 89 percent of Onobu live; 89 percent live in West Africa and 89 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 1,350,955th most frequently occurring first name in the world. It is borne by 54 people.
This surname is most widely held in Nigeria, where it is borne by 136 people, or 1 in 1,302,520. In Nigeria Onobu is most common in: Ebonyi, where 29 percent reside, Benue, where 27 percent reside and Lagos, where 15 percent reside. Apart from Nigeria this last name occurs in 3 countries. It also occurs in Japan, where 9 percent reside and England, where 1 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Onuobu | 91 | 170 | / |
| Gonobu | 91 | 3 | / |
| Honobu | 91 | 1 | / |
| Onobhu | 91 | 1 | / |
| Onoubu | 91 | 1 | / |
| Onowu | 80 | 800 | / |
| Onabu | 80 | 269 | / |
| Anobu | 80 | 41 | / |
| Onubu | 80 | 29 | / |
| Onovu | 80 | 13 | / |
| Enobu | 80 | 11 | / |
| Onebu | 80 | 1 | / |
| Unobu | 80 | 1 | / |
| Honnobut | 77 | 1 | / |
| Gounobou | 77 | 1 | / |
| Onobuhie | 77 | 1 | / |
| Angobu | 73 | 213 | / |
| Onabui | 73 | 38 | / |
| Onoiwu | 73 | 12 | / |
| Onowuh | 73 | 9 | / |
| Honowu | 73 | 7 | / |
| Onebeu | 73 | 3 | / |
| Onoswu | 73 | 3 | / |
| Onojwu | 73 | 3 | / |
| Onouwu | 73 | 2 | / |
| Anobuh | 73 | 1 | / |
| Onohwu | 73 | 1 | / |
| Ohnowu | 73 | 1 | / |
| Unoebu | 73 | 1 | / |
| Gonubu | 73 | 1 | / |
| Onnebu | 73 | 1 | / |
| Hunobu | 73 | 1 | / |
| Onabou | 73 | 1 | / |
| Onuowu | 73 | 1 | / |
| Ongabu | 73 | 1 | / |
| Onowou | 73 | 1 | / |
| Gounoubou | 71 | 6 | / |
| Gonabou | 67 | 28 | / |
| Gonovou | 67 | 25 | / |
| Anoubou | 67 | 3 | / |
| Onnebau | 67 | 1 | / |
| Onovuhe | 67 | 1 | / |
| Anuobuh | 67 | 1 | / |
| Angobou | 67 | 1 | / |
| Agnobeu | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Onobu
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