Opekun Surname

1,210,518th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 194 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Belarus

Opekun Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Opekun Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria991:1,789,32164,938
Belarus521:182,71323,870
Russia261:5,543,194237,148
United States101:36,245,893832,629
Ukraine61:7,587,116277,111
England11:55,718,059489,080

Opekun Last Name Facts

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

Opekun (Russian: Опекун) is more frequently found in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Opekun? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 1,210,518th most commonly held last name on a global scale It is held by around 1 in 37,564,670 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 51 percent of Opekun are found; 51 percent are found in West Africa and 51 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa.

The last name is most numerous in Nigeria, where it is carried by 99 people, or 1 in 1,789,321. In Nigeria Opekun is mostly found in: Kwara, where 29 percent are found, Ekiti, where 26 percent are found and Lagos, where 26 percent are found. Other than Nigeria it is found in 5 countries. It also occurs in Belarus, where 27 percent are found and Russia, where 13 percent are found.

Opekun Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those bearing the last name is chiefly Orthodox (70%) in Belarus.

Opekun earn significantly more than the average income. In United States they earn 26.1% more than the national average, earning $54,411 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Opiekun92112/
Opeikun922/
Apekun8354/
Opykun8329/
Opokun8311/
Opakun832/
Opekunova80333/
Ophakun7780/
Opiekon7711/
Opickun772/
Apekoun771/
Epiekoun711/
Hoiphikun67184/
Apokun67136/
Apakun6761/
Apekunova6741/
Apekon6725/
Opykunova6713/
Apikun671/
Opikunova671/
Aphakun6236/
Aphikun6221/
Hapikun6213/
Appekon621/
Haphikun57104/
Aphaikun5771/
Apekumhe571/
Apekhumhe5312/
Apacun501/

Opekun Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Opekun in the Russian language
Опекунopekun-

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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 Opekun
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