Owojobi Surname
Approximately 32 people bear this surname
Owojobi Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 31 | 1:5,714,283 | 142,531 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
Owojobi Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Owojobi Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Owojobi is most common in Nigeria. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Owojobi? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 3,485,539th most commonly used last name on a worldwide basis, held by approximately 1 in 227,735,810 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Owojobi are found; 100 percent are found in West Africa and 100 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
The surname is most frequently held in Nigeria, where it is borne by 31 people, or 1 in 5,714,283. In Nigeria it is most prevalent in: Osun, where 32 percent live, Ondo, where 29 percent live and Lagos, where 19 percent live. Barring Nigeria this surname is found in one country. It is also found in Benin, where 3 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Owodjobi | 93 | 2 | / |
| Awojobi | 86 | 3,276 | / |
| Owojoba | 86 | 3 | / |
| Owajobi | 86 | 1 | / |
| Owozobi | 86 | 1 | / |
| Awwojobi | 80 | 3 | / |
| Awodjobi | 80 | 1 | / |
| Awojoebi | 80 | 1 | / |
| Owoabi | 77 | 28 | / |
| Owoibi | 77 | 3 | / |
| Awjobi | 77 | 3 | / |
| Obajobi | 71 | 384 | / |
| Owajoba | 71 | 358 | / |
| Ewejobi | 71 | 295 | / |
| Awojoba | 71 | 109 | / |
| Awozobi | 71 | 34 | / |
| Awujobi | 71 | 28 | / |
| Awojebi | 71 | 12 | / |
| Awejobi | 71 | 8 | / |
| Awojubi | 71 | 6 | / |
| Awoyobi | 71 | 6 | / |
| Awojobe | 71 | 5 | / |
| Owoiabi | 71 | 5 | / |
| Awojabi | 71 | 4 | / |
| Owoubie | 71 | 1 | / |
| Owasobi | 71 | 1 | / |
| Owugiobi | 67 | 1 | / |
| Awoojebi | 67 | 1 | / |
| Obajaobi | 67 | 1 | / |
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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
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- 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 Owojobi
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