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 found in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It can also occur as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Obah? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 72,782nd most commonly occurring surname internationally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 1,076,447 people. The last name Obah is mostly found in Africa, where 98 percent of Obah are found; 92 percent are found in West Africa and 92 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 266,960th most widely held first name in the world. It is borne by 921 people.
It is most common in Nigeria, where it is held by 4,982 people, or 1 in 35,557. In Nigeria Obah is most frequent in: Delta, where 31 percent reside, Lagos, where 11 percent reside and Bayelsa, where 10 percent reside. Excluding Nigeria this last name is found 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 Obah are 19.9% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 66.67% being 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
- 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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