Obaila Surname
Approximately 282 people bear this surname
Obaila Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 281 | 1:630,401 | 29,827 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
Obaila (23) may also be a first name.
Obaila Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Obaila Come From? nationality or country of origin
Obaila is carried by more people in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It can occur as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Obaila? popularity and diffusion
Obaila is the 933,049th most commonly held family name in the world It is held by approximately 1 in 25,842,361 people. The surname Obaila occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Obaila live; 100 percent live in West Africa and 100 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 2,239,265th most widespread first name worldwide, held by 23 people.
It is most widely held in Nigeria, where it is borne by 281 people, or 1 in 630,401. In Nigeria it is most frequent in: Bayelsa, where 39 percent are found, Delta, where 28 percent are found and Lagos, where 10 percent are found. Besides Nigeria Obaila occurs in one country. It also occurs in Uganda, where 0 percent are found.
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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 Obaila
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