Obalegbe Surname
Approximately 63 people bear this surname
Obalegbe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 43 | 1:240,363 | 21,480 |
| Nigeria | 20 | 1:8,857,138 | 186,571 |
Obalegbe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Obalegbe Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Obalegbe is found most frequently in Benin. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Obalegbe? popularity and diffusion
Obalegbe is the 2,414,640th most widespread last name internationally It is held by around 1 in 115,675,332 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Obalegbe are found; 100 percent are found in West Africa and 100 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
This last name is most commonly occurring in Benin, where it is held by 43 people, or 1 in 240,363. In Benin Obalegbe is primarily found in: Plateau Department, where 100 percent reside. Excluding Benin it occurs in one country. It also occurs in Nigeria, where 32 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Obalagbe | 88 | 3 | / |
| Owalegbe | 88 | 2 | / |
| Owalegba | 75 | 45 | / |
| Abelegbe | 75 | 40 | / |
| Owolegbe | 75 | 5 | / |
| Obelagbe | 75 | 3 | / |
| Ebalogbe | 75 | 1 | / |
| Awolegbe | 75 | 1 | / |
| Avalegbe | 75 | 1 | / |
| Owaleghba | 71 | 1 | / |
| Avaliegbe | 71 | 1 | / |
| Avaligbe | 63 | 831 | / |
| Owolegba | 63 | 3 | / |
| Obolecwe | 63 | 1 | / |
| Awaligbe | 63 | 1 | / |
| Avoligbe | 63 | 1 | / |
| Obaligwe | 63 | 1 | / |
| Avalligbe | 59 | 3 | / |
| Aboulagbe | 59 | 1 | / |
| Gobaligwe | 59 | 1 | / |
| Abaligwe | 50 | 34 | / |
| Avaligbé | 50 | 3 | / |
| Abaligui | 50 | 1 | / |
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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 Obalegbe
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