Opakanmi Surname

1,839,022nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 101 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Opakanmi Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Opakanmi Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria1001:1,771,42864,453
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732

Opakanmi Last Name Facts

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

Opakanmi is more commonly found in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It can also appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Opakanmi? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 1,839,022nd most commonly used last name throughout the world, held by around 1 in 72,153,920 people. The last name Opakanmi occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Opakanmi are found; 99 percent are found in West Africa and 99 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa.

Opakanmi is most commonly used in Nigeria, where it is borne by 100 people, or 1 in 1,771,428. In Nigeria it is mostly found in: Osun, where 95 percent live and Lagos, where 5 percent live. Without taking into account Nigeria this surname exists in one country. It is also found in South Africa, where 1 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Opakunmi8828/
Opakainam822/
Opaknam801/
Obokanmi752/
Ibakanmi751/
Abekanmi751/
Obajkinmi713/
Epkanem674/
Apkanam674/
Apkanim671/

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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 Opakanmi
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