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
Average Obaje Salary in
Colombia
$28,484,500 COP
Per year
Average Salary in
Colombia
$22,702,486 COP
Per year
Obaje Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Obaje Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Obaje is more frequently found in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It may appear as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Obaje? popularity and diffusion
The last name Obaje is the 58,632nd most frequent surname on a worldwide basis. It is borne by around 1 in 845,619 people. The surname is mostly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Obaje reside; 97 percent reside in West Africa and 97 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Obaje is also the 222,929th most commonly used given name throughout the world It is held by 1,254 people.
The last name is most widespread in Nigeria, where it is borne by 8,349 people, or 1 in 21,217. In Nigeria it is most prevalent in: Kogi, where 49 percent are found, Benue, where 13 percent are found and Kaduna, where 7 percent are found. Excluding Nigeria this last name occurs in 19 countries. It also occurs in Kenya, where 2 percent are found and England, where 0 percent are found.
Obaje Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those carrying the Obaje surname is predominantly 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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