Owonifari Surname

240,653rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,662 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Owonifari Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Owonifari Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria1,6541:107,1007,168
England31:18,572,686338,250
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
France11:66,422,722504,397
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732

Owonifari (100) may also be a first name.

Owonifari Last Name Facts

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

The last name Owonifari is more frequently found in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It can occur in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Owonifari? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 240,653rd most common last name globally, held by around 1 in 4,384,805 people. It is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Owonifari reside; 100 percent reside in West Africa and 100 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Owonifari is also the 946,056th most frequently used first name in the world, borne by 100 people.

This last name is most frequently used in Nigeria, where it is borne by 1,654 people, or 1 in 107,100. In Nigeria Owonifari is most frequent in: Ekiti, where 45 percent live, Ondo, where 18 percent live and Lagos, where 13 percent live. Other than Nigeria it is found in 5 countries. It also occurs in England, where 0 percent live and The United States, where 0 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Owonifaari95370/
Owoanifari951/
Owonifarri951/
Owonifar949/
Owonfari944/
Ownifari943/
Owonifaaari901/
Owonifare8922/
Awonifari892/
Oaonifari891/
Owonifori891/
Owonifaar891/
Owonfaari891/
Owonafari891/
Owoinfari891/
Onifari8894/
Owonifaare841/
Onifaari825/
Owoinfare781/
Onifara7520/
Onofari752/
Onifrio751/
Onufari751/
Onfri7111/
Onofri671,653/
Anfari67249/
Onifer67126/
Anifar6779/
Onufri6717/
Infari673/
Onviri672/
Onifre672/
Onfrio672/
Onifra671/
Onafar671/
Onivar671/
Onfrie671/
Ohnofaria671/
Abonifore561/

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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 Owonifari
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