Obajah Surname
Approximately 4 people bear this surname
Obajah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 3 | 1:59,047,586 | 507,603 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
Obajah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Obajah Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Obajah is borne by more people in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It may also be found as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of Obajah.
How Common Is The Last Name Obajah? popularity and diffusion
It is the 8,968,613th most commonly occurring family name at a global level, held by around 1 in 1,821,886,479 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Obajah reside; 75 percent reside in West Africa and 75 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
This last name is most frequently held in Nigeria, where it is carried by 3 people, or 1 in 59,047,586. In Nigeria it is primarily concentrated in: Lagos, where 67 percent reside and Rivers, where 33 percent reside. Barring Nigeria this last name occurs in one country. It also occurs in Uganda, where 25 percent reside.
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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 Obajah
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