Obafa Surname
Approximately 25 people bear this surname
Obafa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 20 | 1:516,780 | 33,864 |
| Nigeria | 5 | 1:35,428,552 | 388,973 |
Obafa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Obafa Come From? nationality or country of origin
Obafa is held by more people in Benin than any other country/territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Obafa? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 3,957,383rd most frequently used last name on a worldwide basis It is held by approximately 1 in 291,501,837 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Obafa are found; 100 percent are found in West Africa and 100 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
This surname is most commonly used in Benin, where it is borne by 20 people, or 1 in 516,780. In Benin Obafa is most numerous in: Collines Department, where 95 percent reside and Littoral Department, where 5 percent reside. Other than Benin this surname exists in one country. It is also common in Nigeria, where 20 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Obaffa | 91 | 2 | / |
| Obafaya | 83 | 4 | / |
| Obafe | 80 | 357 | / |
| Abafa | 80 | 33 | / |
| Obefa | 80 | 27 | / |
| Obofa | 80 | 8 | / |
| Obafi | 80 | 6 | / |
| Obafo | 80 | 2 | / |
| Owafa | 80 | 1 | / |
| Obaidfah | 77 | 1 | / |
| Obaifo | 73 | 31 | / |
| Obafhe | 73 | 5 | / |
| Abafas | 73 | 2 | / |
| Obhafo | 73 | 1 | / |
| Abadfa | 73 | 1 | / |
| Ubafah | 73 | 1 | / |
| Abaifa | 73 | 1 | / |
| Abafay | 73 | 1 | / |
| Abafat | 73 | 1 | / |
| Obaifoh | 67 | 9 | / |
| Ashbafa | 67 | 4 | / |
| Abafass | 67 | 1 | / |
| Abadfat | 67 | 1 | / |
| Gubaafa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Goobafe | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Obafa
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