Oyewuni Surname

3,730,171st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 28 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Oyewuni Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Oyewuni Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria271:6,560,843154,927
Ivory Coast11:23,071,23276,679

Oyewuni Last Name Facts

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

The last name Oyewuni occurs most in Nigeria. It can also be found in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Oyewuni? popularity and diffusion

Oyewuni is the 3,730,171st most frequent last name on a worldwide basis, borne by approximately 1 in 260,269,497 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Oyewuni reside; 100 percent reside in West Africa and 100 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa.

The last name Oyewuni is most commonly used in Nigeria, where it is held by 27 people, or 1 in 6,560,843. In Nigeria it is mostly found in: Osun, where 30 percent live, Oyo, where 30 percent live and Lagos, where 19 percent live. Besides Nigeria Oyewuni is found in one country. It also occurs in The Ivory Coast, where 4 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Oyewouni931/
Oyewuenyi882/
Ayewuni8661/
Oyewuna861/
Ayewunni8084/
Oyebunni802/
Ogiewunyi751/
Oyawuna7110/
Iyewuna7110/
Ayewune719/
Oyewone713/
Ojiwuni713/
Ejiwuni712/
Oyewona711/
Oyobuni711/
Awewuni711/
Ayawuni711/
Ojiwunni674/
Ojewonhi671/
Ayewunne671/
Ayawunyi671/

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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 Oyewuni
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