Obake Surname
Approximately 141 people bear this surname
Obake Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 120 | 1:1,476,190 | 56,575 |
| Congo | 5 | 1:997,819 | 17,129 |
| Mauritania | 5 | 1:818,973 | 23,459 |
| Russia | 3 | 1:48,041,019 | 639,186 |
| India | 2 | 1:383,532,691 | 1,645,216 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
Obake (27) may also be a first name.
Obake Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Obake Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Obake (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺃﺑﺎﻙ, Russian: Обакэ) is more frequently found in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It may also be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Obake click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Obake? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 1,491,356th most commonly occurring family name on a worldwide basis It is held by approximately 1 in 51,684,723 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 95 percent of Obake reside; 89 percent reside in West Africa and 85 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Obake is also the 2,036,353rd most commonly occurring first name at a global level. It is borne by 27 people.
This last name is most commonly used in Nigeria, where it is carried by 120 people, or 1 in 1,476,190. In Nigeria it is most frequent in: Delta, where 67 percent are found, Kaduna, where 9 percent are found and Benue, where 8 percent are found. Barring Nigeria this surname exists in 9 countries. It is also found in The Congo, where 4 percent are found and Mauritania, where 4 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Obake Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Obake in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺃﺑﺎﻙ | abak | - |
| Obake in the Russian language | ||
| Обакэ | obake | - |
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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
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- 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 Obake
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