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
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Obah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Obah Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Obah (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺃﺑﺎﻩ) is found in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It may also occur as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Obah? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 72,782nd most prevalent surname world-wide. It is borne by around 1 in 1,076,447 people. The surname Obah occurs mostly in Africa, where 98 percent of Obah reside; 92 percent reside in West Africa and 92 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Obah is also the 266,960th most numerous first name at a global level, borne by 921 people.
The surname Obah is most widely held in Nigeria, where it is held by 4,982 people, or 1 in 35,557. In Nigeria it is most frequent in: Delta, where 31 percent live, Lagos, where 11 percent live and Bayelsa, where 10 percent live. Excluding Nigeria this surname occurs in 31 countries. It is also common in Ghana, where 17 percent live and Cameroon, where 5 percent live.
Obah Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States Obah are 19.9% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 66.67% registered to vote for 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
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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 Obah
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