Obadya Surname

6,723,624th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 8 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Norway
Highest density in:
Norway

Obadya Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Obadya Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Norway51:1,028,45761,363
India21:383,532,6911,645,216
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972

Obadya (25) may also be a first name.

Obadya Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Obadya Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Obadya (Hindi: ओबद्या, Oriya: ଓବଦଯ୍) is found in Norway more than any other country or territory. It can also be found as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Obadya.

How Common Is The Last Name Obadya? popularity and diffusion

Obadya is the 6,723,624th most prevalent surname internationally, borne by approximately 1 in 910,943,240 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Europe, where 63 percent of Obadya are found; 63 percent are found in Northern Europe and 63 percent are found in Scandinavia. Obadya is also the 2,136,160th most prevalent first name on earth. It is borne by 25 people.

This surname is most frequent in Norway, where it is borne by 5 people, or 1 in 1,028,457. In Norway it is primarily concentrated in: Central Norway, where 60 percent are found and Eastern Norway, where 40 percent are found. Other than Norway Obadya is found in 2 countries. It is also common in India, where 25 percent are found and Nigeria, where 13 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Obadyah9278/
Obadia8312,601/
Ovadya83162/
Obadja8387/
Ubadya838/
Abadya836/
Obadía835/
Obadea831/
Obadiah7722,266/
Obadias771,261/
Oubadja77124/
Obadiha7749/
Gobadia7719/
Oubadia7711/
Abadyah777/
Obadhia777/
Hovadya771/
Abaidya771/
Obadiea771/
Hobadia771/
Obadjai771/
Obaidia771/
Abadhya771/
Obadiaa771/
Obadiay771/
Goubadia7134/
Obadiaha7117/
Abadayya715/
Ubadhyay713/
Obaddiah712/
Obadiaah711/
Gobadiah711/
Obaudiah711/
Obedayia711/
Obgadiah711/
Abadia6729,121/
Ovadia671,449/
Ubadia67137/
Abadía67128/
Abadja6796/
Obedyo6747/
Owadia6744/
Ebadja6734/
Owadja6721/
Avadya6720/
Ovadja6710/
Abadea6710/
Obadio677/
Abagya674/
Ovadía673/
Ebadia671/
Ebedya671/
Uvadya671/
Abodya671/

Obadya Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Obadya in the Hindi language
ओबद्याobadya-
Obadya in the Oriya language
ଓବଦଯ୍obaday-

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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
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  • 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 Obadya
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