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
The last name Obaja is borne by more people in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It may be found as:. For other potential spellings of Obaja click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Obaja? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 870,423rd most widespread surname on a worldwide basis, held by around 1 in 23,432,624 people. The surname is mostly found in Africa, where 78 percent of Obaja live; 62 percent live in West Africa and 62 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Obaja is also the 177,879th most prevalent first name throughout the world, borne by 1,839 people.
The last name Obaja is most commonly held in Nigeria, where it is borne by 194 people, or 1 in 913,107. In Nigeria Obaja is most numerous in: Kogi, where 28 percent are found, Kaduna, where 12 percent are found and Niger, where 9 percent are found. Excluding Nigeria this surname occurs 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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