Osundun Surname

2,312,869th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 68 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Osundun Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Osundun 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
Nigeria671:2,643,92285,652
England11:55,718,059489,080

Osundun Last Name Facts

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

Osundun occurs in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Osundun? popularity and diffusion

Osundun is the 2,312,869th most commonly occurring family name on a worldwide basis It is held by approximately 1 in 107,169,793 people. The surname Osundun occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Osundun live; 99 percent live in West Africa and 99 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa.

This surname is most common in Nigeria, where it is held by 67 people, or 1 in 2,643,922. In Nigeria Osundun is most numerous in: Osun, where 31 percent live, Oyo, where 19 percent live and Ekiti, where 18 percent live. Other than Nigeria this last name exists in one country. It also occurs in England, 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
Oshundun9373/
Osshundun882/
Ojundun866/
Osondun863/
Asundung8014/
Asundon711/
Ossondon6731/
Azoundoum635/
Asondon571/
Azondon571/
Achutendung567/
Achundum5315/
Assondon531/
Achoumdum501/
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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 Osundun
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