Oyegunwa Surname

572,152nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 551 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Oyegunwa Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Oyegunwa 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
Nigeria5441:325,63017,860
England31:18,572,686338,250
United States31:120,819,6441,331,040
Qatar11:2,357,99976,403

Oyegunwa (45) may also be a first name.

Oyegunwa Last Name Facts

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

The surname Oyegunwa is borne by more people in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It can appear as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Oyegunwa.

How Common Is The Last Name Oyegunwa? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 572,152nd most prevalent family name in the world It is held by approximately 1 in 13,226,036 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Oyegunwa are found; 99 percent are found in West Africa and 99 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Oyegunwa is also the 1,504,468th most commonly occurring forename on earth, held by 45 people.

This last name is most prevalent in Nigeria, where it is held by 544 people, or 1 in 325,630. In Nigeria it is most prevalent in: Ondo, where 52 percent live, Lagos, where 20 percent live and Ogun, where 17 percent live. Not including Nigeria it exists in 3 countries. It is also common in England, where 1 percent live and The United States, where 1 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
Oyegunwwa945/
Oyegunnwa943/
Oyogunwa883/
Aegunwa801/
Ajegunwa753/
Ajagunwa637/
Ajogunba632/
Ougunbi533/
Aigonwa531/
Eagunues501/
Ayogumba501/
Ajogunbe501/
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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 Oyegunwa
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