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 more commonly found in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It may also appear as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Obaja? popularity and diffusion
Obaja is the 870,423rd most commonly held last name worldwide. It is borne by around 1 in 23,432,624 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 78 percent of Obaja live; 62 percent live in West Africa and 62 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 177,879th most common given name at a global level It is held by 1,839 people.
The surname Obaja is most commonly occurring in Nigeria, where it is borne by 194 people, or 1 in 913,107. In Nigeria it is most frequent in: Kogi, where 28 percent live, Kaduna, where 12 percent live and Niger, where 9 percent live. Aside from Nigeria this last name exists in 10 countries. It is also found in Indonesia, where 20 percent live and Uganda, where 15 percent live.
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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 Obaja
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