Obaiah Surname
Approximately 891 people bear this surname
Obaiah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 876 | 1:875,645 | 38,328 |
| Nigeria | 10 | 1:17,714,276 | 277,641 |
| United States | 4 | 1:90,614,733 | 1,198,479 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
Obaiah (5,002) may also be a first name.
Obaiah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Obaiah Come From? nationality or country of origin
Obaiah (Marathi: ऑबैः) has its highest incidence in India. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Obaiah? popularity and diffusion
It is the 395,841st most numerous last name world-wide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 8,179,064 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Asia, where 98 percent of Obaiah are found; 98 percent are found in South Asia and 98 percent are found in Indo-South Asia. Obaiah is also the 96,181st most widespread first name worldwide, held by 5,002 people.
This last name is most frequently occurring in India, where it is borne by 876 people, or 1 in 875,645. In India Obaiah is mostly found in: Andhra Pradesh, where 96 percent live, Telangana, where 2 percent live and Karnataka, where 0 percent live. Besides India Obaiah occurs in 3 countries. It is also found in Nigeria, where 1 percent live and The United States, where 0 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Obaiah Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Obaiah in the Marathi language | ||
| ऑबैः | obaih | 75 |
| ओबैया | obaiya | 25 |
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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 Obaiah
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