Obadja Surname
Approximately 87 people bear this surname
Obadja Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Namibia | 58 | 1:41,541 | 5,523 |
| Indonesia | 23 | 1:5,749,965 | 259,967 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Taiwan | 1 | 1:23,444,746 | 93,622 |
Obadja (82) may also be a first name.
Obadja Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Obadja Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Obadja has its highest incidence in Namibia. It can also appear in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Obadja? popularity and diffusion
The last name Obadja is the 2,007,164th most commonly used last name worldwide, held by approximately 1 in 83,764,896 people. The surname Obadja occurs predominantly in Africa, where 68 percent of Obadja reside; 68 percent reside in Southern Africa and 68 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,060,447th most frequently used forename world-wide It is held by 82 people.
The last name is most common in Namibia, where it is carried by 58 people, or 1 in 41,541. In Namibia Obadja is most common in: Oshikoto Region, where 64 percent live, Oshana Region, where 29 percent live and Khomas Region, where 7 percent live. Excluding Namibia Obadja exists in 6 countries. It also occurs in Indonesia, where 26 percent live and The United States, where 2 percent live.
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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 Obadja
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