Unobi Surname

6,723,624th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 8 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Papua New Guinea

Unobi Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Unobi Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria41:44,285,690437,567
Papua New Guinea31:2,717,906153,458
Italy11:61,156,688199,583

Unobi (14) may also be a first name.

Unobi Last Name Facts

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

The surname Unobi occurs in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It can appear as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Unobi? popularity and diffusion

The surname Unobi is the 6,723,624th most frequent surname world-wide. It is borne by around 1 in 910,943,240 people. It is mostly found in Africa, where 50 percent of Unobi reside; 50 percent reside in West Africa and 50 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Unobi is also the 3,024,661st most widely held first name at a global level, borne by 14 people.

This last name is most numerous in Nigeria, where it is held by 4 people, or 1 in 44,285,690. In Nigeria it is primarily found in: Kogi, where 100 percent live. Barring Nigeria it exists in 2 countries. It is also common in Papua New Guinea, where 38 percent live and Italy, where 13 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Aunobi919/
Unoobi914/
Unobit911/
Unnobi911/
Unuobi911/
Ungobi911/
Aunuobi835/
Ahunobi832/
Unabi80607/
Unubi80576/
Onobi80170/
Unobe8070/
Inobi8030/
Unoba8021/
Unebi8011/
Unnabi73509/
Ounabi73171/
Uenobe73105/
Gunabi7353/
Onuobi7346/
Unabai7332/
Onobai7318/
Unebhi7317/
Unubai7316/
Unuibi7314/
Unabis737/
Hunovi736/
Unabij736/
Honobi735/
Unabii734/
Hunabi733/
Unabid733/
Unuoba731/
Hinobi731/
Unaboi731/
Onoubi731/
Unabio731/
Uinabi731/
Unabhi731/
Eunubi731/
Unabip731/
Unabhai673,489/
Gounabi671,006/
Ounnabi67241/
Gunabai6720/
Husnabi675/
Unuubie673/
Gunnabi673/
Humnobe673/
Gunnubi672/
Hunowai671/
Unabaia671/
Unuovio671/
Usnabai671/
Unnasbi671/

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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 Unobi
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