Given Names and Surnames in Nigeria

Most Common Surnames In Nigeria

Ibrahim
Musa
Abubakar
Abdullahi
Mohammed
Sani
Adamu
Usman
Umar
Muhammad
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Most Common Given Names In Nigeria

Blessing
Aisha
Fatima
Mary
Esther
Grace
Amina
Zainab
Maryam
Joy
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Musa
Ibrahim
Abubakar
Sani
Abdullahi
Mohammed
Sunday
Umar
Emmanuel
Adamu
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Random Names in Nigeria by Name Generator

Chinyere Nwankwo
Aisha Suleiman
Mercy David
Blessing Umaru
Victoria Sule
Amina Akpan
Grace Bala
Comfort Usman
Christiana Amadi
Esther Adebayo
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Kabiru Musa
Muhammad Jimoh
Paul Ali
Abubakar Mohammed
Sani Yusuf
Sunday Abubakar
Isah Audu
Peter Nuhu
Victor Umar
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By Region

Abia State
Adamawa State
Akwa Ibom
Anambra State
Bauchi
Bayelsa State
Benue State
Borno State
Cross River
Delta
Ebonyi State
Edo
Ekiti State
Enugu
Federal Capital Territory
Gombe State
Imo State
Jigawa State
Kaduna
Kano
Katsina
Kebbi State
Kogi State
Kwara State
Lagos
Nasarawa State
Niger
Ogun
Ondo State
Osun State
Oyo State
plateau
Rivers State
Sokoto
Taraba State
Yobe State
Zamfara State

Closest Countries to Nigeria by Given Names

Ghana (27.00%) Liberia (27.00%) Kenya (25.00%) Uganda (24.00%) Malawi (23.00%) Papua New Guinea (21.00%) Zimbabwe (21.00%) Solomon Islands (20.00%) Tanzania (19.00%) Bahamas (17.00%) Cameroon (16.00%) 
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