Obaja Surname
Approximately 311 people bear this surname
Obaja Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 194 | 1:913,107 | 39,493 |
| Indonesia | 63 | 1:2,099,194 | 130,130 |
| Uganda | 46 | 1:848,680 | 39,357 |
| Argentina | 1 | 1:42,743,414 | 282,706 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Obaja (1,839) may also be a first name.
Obaja Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Obaja Come From? nationality or country of origin
Obaja is found in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It can occur as:. Click here for further potential spellings of Obaja.
How Common Is The Last Name Obaja? popularity and diffusion
It is the 870,423rd most frequently used family name world-wide It is held by around 1 in 23,432,624 people. It is predominantly found in Africa, where 78 percent of Obaja are found; 62 percent are found in West Africa and 62 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Obaja is also the 177,879th most prevalent first name worldwide. It is borne by 1,839 people.
The surname is most widespread in Nigeria, where it is carried by 194 people, or 1 in 913,107. In Nigeria Obaja is most prevalent in: Kogi, where 28 percent are found, Kaduna, where 12 percent are found and Niger, where 9 percent are found. Aside from Nigeria this last name exists in 10 countries. It is also common in Indonesia, where 20 percent are found and Uganda, where 15 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
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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 Obaja
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