Obabi Surname
Approximately 315 people bear this surname
Obabi Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 255 | 1:694,677 | 32,109 |
| Kenya | 47 | 1:982,551 | 34,283 |
| Congo | 9 | 1:554,344 | 12,633 |
| DR Congo | 4 | 1:18,469,892 | 182,906 |
Obabi (124) may also be a first name.
Obabi Demographics
Obabi Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Obabi Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Obabi Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Obabi is more frequently found in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It can also appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Obabi? popularity and diffusion
It is the 862,604th most common surname globally, held by around 1 in 23,135,066 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Obabi are found; 81 percent are found in West Africa and 81 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 836,439th most common given name globally, borne by 124 people.
This last name is most widespread in Nigeria, where it is held by 255 people, or 1 in 694,677. In Nigeria Obabi is most frequent in: Ogun, where 23 percent are found, Ekiti, where 22 percent are found and Lagos, where 18 percent are found. Not including Nigeria Obabi exists in 3 countries. It is also common in Kenya, where 15 percent are found and The Congo, where 3 percent are found.
Obabi Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those holding the Obabi last name is chiefly Christian (100%) in Kenya.
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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 Obabi
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