Owakunle Surname

8,968,613th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 4 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Ivory Coast

Owakunle Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Owakunle 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
Nigeria31:59,047,586507,603
Ivory Coast11:23,071,23276,679

Owakunle (7) may also be a first name.

Owakunle Last Name Facts

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

Owakunle occurs in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It can also be found as:. For other potential spellings of Owakunle click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Owakunle? popularity and diffusion

It is the 8,968,613th most frequent last name on a worldwide basis, held by around 1 in 1,821,886,479 people. The surname Owakunle is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Owakunle are found; 100 percent are found in West Africa and 100 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 4,548,448th most commonly occurring first name worldwide. It is borne by 7 people.

The surname Owakunle is most common in Nigeria, where it is held by 3 people, or 1 in 59,047,586. In Nigeria Owakunle is mostly found in: Lagos, where 100 percent reside. Not including Nigeria it exists in one country. It also occurs in The Ivory Coast, where 25 percent reside.

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
Owokunle88144/
Owekunle881/
Obakounle826/
Owokkunle822/
Obeakunle822/
Owoikunle821/
Awokunle751,825/
Ewekunle7567/
Avekunle751/
Oyuekunle713/
Awokuunle711/
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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 Owakunle
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