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
The surname Obaje has its highest incidence in Nigeria. It may also appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Obaje? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 58,632nd most widely held family name globally. It is borne by around 1 in 845,619 people. The surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Obaje are found; 97 percent are found in West Africa and 97 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Obaje is also the 222,929th most frequently occurring first name worldwide, held by 1,254 people.
The surname Obaje is most widespread in Nigeria, where it is carried by 8,349 people, or 1 in 21,217. In Nigeria it is mostly concentrated in: Kogi, where 49 percent reside, Benue, where 13 percent reside and Kaduna, where 7 percent reside. Besides Nigeria Obaje is found in 19 countries. It is also found in Kenya, where 2 percent reside and England, where 0 percent reside.
Obaje Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those holding the last name is chiefly 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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