Shokunbi Surname

88,518th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 5,426 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Shokunbi Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Shokunbi Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria5,2051:34,0332,793
United States1051:3,451,990194,849
England971:574,41334,909
Liberia51:881,70733,815
Scotland41:1,338,45435,497
United Arab Emirates21:4,581,13693,443
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
Northern Ireland11:1,845,03620,648
Belarus11:9,501,059159,228
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
Ghana11:27,020,69223,742
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
Ukraine11:45,522,696503,646

Shokunbi (96) may also be a first name.

Shokunbi Last Name Facts

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

The surname Shokunbi has its highest incidence in Nigeria. It may occur as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of Shokunbi.

How Common Is The Last Name Shokunbi? popularity and diffusion

It is the 88,518th most numerous family name on a global scale. It is borne by approximately 1 in 1,343,079 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 96 percent of Shokunbi live; 96 percent live in West Africa and 96 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Shokunbi is also the 968,397th most frequently occurring first name at a global level It is held by 96 people.

The last name is most prevalent in Nigeria, where it is carried by 5,205 people, or 1 in 34,033. In Nigeria Shokunbi is mostly found in: Lagos, where 51 percent are found, Ogun, where 32 percent are found and Oyo, where 6 percent are found. Beside Nigeria this last name occurs in 13 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 2 percent are found and England, where 2 percent are found.

Shokunbi Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those carrying the Shokunbi last name is principally Christian (56%) in Nigeria.

In The United States Shokunbi are 41.21% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 94.44% registered to vote for the political party.

Shokunbi earn somewhat more than the average income. In United States they earn 11.01% more than the national average, earning $47,901 USD per year.

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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 Shokunbi
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