Obaje Surname
Approximately 8,618 people bear this surname
Obaje Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 8,349 | 1:21,217 | 1,917 |
| Kenya | 206 | 1:224,174 | 15,814 |
| England | 21 | 1:2,653,241 | 94,788 |
| Singapore | 13 | 1:423,669 | 18,211 |
| Uganda | 11 | 1:3,549,025 | 89,142 |
| Colombia | 2 | 1:23,887,036 | 32,612 |
| South Africa | 2 | 1:27,088,852 | 277,613 |
| Scotland | 2 | 1:2,676,908 | 51,579 |
| Wales | 1 | 1:3,094,532 | 44,023 |
| Belarus | 1 | 1:9,501,059 | 159,228 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Syria | 1 | 1:19,301,022 | 22,457 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Lebanon | 1 | 1:5,637,083 | 32,436 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Dominican Republic | 1 | 1:10,432,932 | 36,508 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
Obaje (1,254) may also be a first name.
Obaje Demographics
Obaje Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Obaje Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Obaje Come From? nationality or country of origin
Obaje is most common in Nigeria. It can appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Obaje? popularity and diffusion
It is the 58,632nd most widespread last name throughout the world, borne by around 1 in 845,619 people. The surname Obaje occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Obaje reside; 97 percent reside in West Africa and 97 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 222,929th most numerous forename in the world. It is borne by 1,254 people.
This surname is most widely held in Nigeria, where it is borne by 8,349 people, or 1 in 21,217. In Nigeria it is most common in: Kogi, where 49 percent live, Benue, where 13 percent live and Kaduna, where 7 percent live. Not including Nigeria this surname is found in 19 countries. It is also found in Kenya, where 2 percent live and England, where 0 percent live.
Obaje Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those holding the last name is primarily Christian (100%) in Kenya and Christian (94%) in Nigeria.
Obaje earn significantly more than the average income. In Colombia they earn 25.47% more than the national average, earning $28,484,500 COP per year.
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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 Obaje
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