Names distinctive to Nigeria

The list of names unique to the Federal Republic of Nigeria*

Female forenames

NameUniqueness Prevalence rank
1. Blessing 53% 1.
2. Esther 47% 2.
3. Ngozi 100% 10.
4. Grace 28% 3.
5. Aisha 68% 9.
6. Mercy 44% 4.
7. Zainab 87% 12.
8. Patience 47% 7.
9. Ijeoma 100% 20.
10. Joy 35% 8.
11. Christiana 87% 23.
12. Maryam 68% 19.
13. Toyin 100% 27.
14. Fatima 25% 6.
15. Victoria 24% 5.
16. Comfort 50% 16.
17. Charity 45% 13.
18. Bukola 100% 32.
19. Kehinde 46% 17.
20. Chika 93% 30.
21. Funmilayo 55% 22.
22. Iyabo 100% 34.
23. Adeola 99% 39.
24. Temitope 100% 40.
25. Ogbonda 33% 14.

Male forenames

NameUniqueness Prevalence rank
1. Ibrahim 38% 1.
2. Musa 44% 2.
3. Abubakar 45% 3.
4. Abdullahi 44% 4.
5. Sunday 48% 5.
6. Muhammed 91% 11.
7. Sani 44% 8.
8. Usman 40% 6.
9. Emmanuel 47% 9.
10. Umar 40% 7.
11. Aliyu 44% 12.
12. Yusuf 29% 10.
13. Isah 100% 24.
14. Samuel 24% 13.
15. Tbs 70% 20.
16. Haruna 41% 15.
17. Hassan 32% 14.
18. Idris 39% 16.
19. Isa 42% 17.
20. Yahaya 45% 19.
21. Kabiru 53% 23.
22. Salisu 46% 21.
23. Moses 34% 18.
24. Mustapha 45% 22.
25. Abiodun 75% 30.

Surnames

NameUniqueness Prevalence rank
1. Ibrahim 44% 1.
2. Musa 47% 2.
3. Abubakar 53% 3.
4. Adamu 99% 5.
5. Abdullahi 55% 4.
6. Usman 48% 6.
7. Sani 51% 8.
8. Umar 48% 7.
9. Amadi 100% 13.
10. Sunday 46% 9.
11. Yusuf 38% 10.
12. Lawal 99% 19.
13. Aliyu 51% 12.
14. Bello 75% 16.
15. Garba 98% 20.
16. Muhammad 27% 11.
17. Yakubu 96% 23.
18. Aminu 99% 24.
19. Ojo 98% 29.
20. Haruna 52% 17.
21. Hassan 40% 15.
22. Blessing 45% 18.
23. Adebayo 67% 25.
24. Akpan 100% 33.
25. Jimoh 100% 35.

*The rank of the unique name is the geometric average of the name uniqueness and the name prevalence in the respective country. Name uniqueness is measured only by the exact grapheme form (not taking into account transliterational equivalents or phonetic similarities).

** Country similarity is the correlation of the relative frequency of the names shared by two countries (as measured by cosine similarity).