Owosuna Surname

4,116,508th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 23 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Ireland

Owosuna Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Owosuna 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
Nigeria221:8,051,944174,166
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543

Owosuna Last Name Facts

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

The surname Owosuna is found in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It can appear as:. For other potential spellings of Owosuna click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Owosuna? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 4,116,508th most widespread surname world-wide, borne by around 1 in 316,849,822 people. Owosuna is predominantly found in Africa, where 96 percent of Owosuna reside; 96 percent reside in West Africa and 96 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa.

Owosuna is most common in Nigeria, where it is held by 22 people, or 1 in 8,051,944. In Nigeria Owosuna is most numerous in: Edo, where 41 percent live, Lagos, where 32 percent live and Ogun, where 14 percent live. Beside Nigeria Owosuna is found in one country. It is also found in Ireland, where 4 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
Awasuna7110/
Awosona714/
Awusuna711/
Obasunha671/
Abousunna634/
Aboshouna634/
Awossounou591/
Awasuno579/
Obasuni572/
Abasuna571/
Obasunyi5312/
Awassuno532/
Owusonyi531/
Awasungo531/
Awossinou5010/
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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 Owosuna
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