Obah Surname
Approximately 6,770 people bear this surname
Obah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 4,982 | 1:35,557 | 2,888 |
| Ghana | 1,178 | 1:22,938 | 2,795 |
| Cameroon | 358 | 1:58,014 | 7,479 |
| Ivory Coast | 103 | 1:223,993 | 9,237 |
| United States | 43 | 1:8,429,278 | 367,833 |
| Australia | 35 | 1:771,306 | 49,759 |
| Benin | 14 | 1:738,257 | 40,906 |
| England | 14 | 1:3,979,861 | 125,553 |
| Congo | 8 | 1:623,637 | 15,053 |
| Philippines | 6 | 1:16,873,037 | 249,062 |
| Indonesia | 3 | 1:44,083,065 | 698,220 |
| Brazil | 3 | 1:71,358,111 | 770,017 |
| France | 2 | 1:33,211,361 | 423,184 |
| Iceland | 2 | 1:190,045 | 6,825 |
| Canada | 2 | 1:18,422,796 | 409,488 |
| Wales | 1 | 1:3,094,532 | 44,023 |
| Vietnam | 1 | 1:92,646,054 | 8,382 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 1 | 1:1,363,975 | 22,013 |
| Taiwan | 1 | 1:23,444,746 | 93,622 |
| Somalia | 1 | 1:13,452,061 | 9,224 |
| Yemen | 1 | 1:26,425,294 | 55,147 |
| Puerto Rico | 1 | 1:3,550,139 | 9,109 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1:124,126,205 | 103,776 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
| Dominican Republic | 1 | 1:10,432,932 | 36,508 |
Obah (921) may also be a first name.
Obah Demographics
Average Obah Salary in
United States
$55,458 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Obah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Obah Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Obah (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺃﺑﺎﻩ) is more commonly found in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Obah? popularity and diffusion
Obah is the 72,782nd most common surname globally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 1,076,447 people. This last name is mostly found in Africa, where 98 percent of Obah reside; 92 percent reside in West Africa and 92 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 266,960th most widely held first name globally. It is borne by 921 people.
The last name Obah is most common in Nigeria, where it is carried by 4,982 people, or 1 in 35,557. In Nigeria Obah is primarily concentrated in: Delta, where 31 percent reside, Lagos, where 11 percent reside and Bayelsa, where 10 percent reside. Barring Nigeria this surname occurs in 31 countries. It also occurs in Ghana, where 17 percent reside and Cameroon, where 5 percent reside.
Obah Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Obah surname are 19.9% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 66.67% being registered with the party.
Obah earn significantly more than the average income. In United States they earn 28.53% more than the national average, earning $55,458 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Obah Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Obah in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺃﺑﺎﻩ | abah | - |
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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 Obah
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