Obaba Surname
Approximately 387 people bear this surname
Obaba Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 378 | 1:468,632 | 23,688 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Argentina | 1 | 1:42,743,414 | 282,706 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Congo | 1 | 1:4,989,096 | 34,171 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
Obaba (57) may also be a first name.
Obaba Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Obaba Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Obaba is found most in Nigeria. It may also occur as:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Obaba? popularity and diffusion
The surname Obaba is the 744,013th most commonly held surname in the world, held by approximately 1 in 18,830,868 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Obaba live; 98 percent live in West Africa and 98 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Obaba is also the 1,308,380th most common forename in the world. It is borne by 57 people.
The last name Obaba is most prevalent in Nigeria, where it is borne by 378 people, or 1 in 468,632. In Nigeria it is most common in: Ebonyi, where 26 percent are found, Kogi, where 25 percent are found and Nasarawa, where 11 percent are found. Other than Nigeria this surname occurs in 8 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 1 percent are found and Argentina, where 0 percent are found.
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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 Obaba
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