Owatunde Surname
Approximately 107 people bear this surname
Owatunde Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 105 | 1:1,687,074 | 62,154 |
| Brazil | 2 | 1:107,037,166 | 1,031,150 |
Owatunde (10) may also be a first name.
Owatunde Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Owatunde Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Owatunde is borne by more people in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It may also be found as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of Owatunde.
How Common Is The Last Name Owatunde? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 1,775,494th most commonly occurring surname at a global level, borne by approximately 1 in 68,107,906 people. The surname Owatunde occurs mostly in Africa, where 98 percent of Owatunde reside; 98 percent reside in West Africa and 98 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Owatunde is also the 3,684,242nd most widespread forename globally, held by 10 people.
This last name is most commonly occurring in Nigeria, where it is held by 105 people, or 1 in 1,687,074. In Nigeria it is mostly concentrated in: Osun, where 48 percent reside, Lagos, where 26 percent reside and Oyo, where 15 percent reside. Outside of Nigeria this surname occurs in one country. It also occurs in Brazil, where 2 percent reside.
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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 Owatunde
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