Obafemi Surname
Approximately 15,221 people bear this surname
Obafemi Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 14,960 | 1:11,841 | 1,223 |
| England | 118 | 1:472,187 | 30,747 |
| United States | 100 | 1:3,624,589 | 201,936 |
| Scotland | 14 | 1:382,416 | 16,471 |
| Ghana | 9 | 1:3,002,299 | 11,581 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 4 | 1:340,994 | 12,383 |
| Iceland | 2 | 1:190,045 | 6,825 |
| Gambia | 1 | 1:1,923,451 | 1,043 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| New Zealand | 1 | 1:4,528,323 | 55,372 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Dominica | 1 | 1:75,891 | 912 |
| Senegal | 1 | 1:14,579,342 | 11,705 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Ukraine | 1 | 1:45,522,696 | 503,646 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
The alternate forms: Obafèmi (1) are calculated separately.
Obafemi (6,964) may also be a first name.
Obafemi Demographics
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Obafemi Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Obafemi Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Obafemi is more commonly found in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It may occur as: Obafèmi. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Obafemi? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 34,809th most frequently occurring family name on a global scale, borne by approximately 1 in 478,782 people. The last name Obafemi is primarily found in Africa, where 98 percent of Obafemi live; 98 percent live in West Africa and 98 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 77,831st most frequently used first name world-wide, held by 6,964 people.
The surname is most frequently held in Nigeria, where it is held by 14,960 people, or 1 in 11,841. In Nigeria Obafemi is mostly found in: Ekiti, where 18 percent live, Lagos, where 14 percent live and Ondo, where 11 percent live. Not including Nigeria it is found in 20 countries. It also occurs in England, where 1 percent live and The United States, where 1 percent live.
Obafemi Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those holding the Obafemi surname is primarily Christian (96%) in Nigeria.
In The United States Obafemi are 19.5% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 72.73% registered to vote for the party.
Obafemi earn somewhat less than the average income. In United States they earn 13.54% less than the national average, earning $37,306 USD per year.
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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 Obafemi
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