Oshunniyi Surname

1,691,963rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 116 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Oshunniyi Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Oshunniyi 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
Nigeria821:2,160,27874,262
England251:2,228,72284,230
Germany61:13,417,576340,600
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Wales11:3,094,53244,023

Oshunniyi Last Name Facts

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

Oshunniyi is held by more people in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It may also appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Oshunniyi click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Oshunniyi? popularity and diffusion

Oshunniyi is the 1,691,963rd most frequently used surname world-wide, held by approximately 1 in 62,823,672 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 71 percent of Oshunniyi live; 71 percent live in West Africa and 71 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa.

The last name Oshunniyi is most frequently used in Nigeria, where it is carried by 82 people, or 1 in 2,160,278. In Nigeria Oshunniyi is most prevalent in: Lagos, where 49 percent live, Oyo, where 23 percent live and Ogun, where 16 percent live. Besides Nigeria it occurs in 4 countries. It is also common in England, where 22 percent live and Germany, where 5 percent live.

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Osunnaiye7842/
Oshinnaiye7430/
Osunaiye7162/
Ashiniyi714/
Osuneiye711/
Osunji6749/
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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 Oshunniyi
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