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 found most in Nigeria. It can be found as:. For other possible spellings of Onobu click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Onobu? popularity and diffusion
Onobu is the 1,415,499th most frequent last name world-wide It is held by approximately 1 in 47,631,019 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 89 percent of Onobu live; 89 percent live in West Africa and 89 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Onobu is also the 1,350,955th most frequently occurring first name world-wide, held by 54 people.
The surname Onobu is most prevalent in Nigeria, where it is carried by 136 people, or 1 in 1,302,520. In Nigeria it is most frequent in: Ebonyi, where 29 percent live, Benue, where 27 percent live and Lagos, where 15 percent live. Beside Nigeria this surname is found in 3 countries. It is also common in Japan, where 9 percent live and England, where 1 percent live.
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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