Obalimu Surname
Approximately 50 people bear this surname
Obalimu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 45 | 1:3,936,506 | 111,794 |
| Uganda | 4 | 1:9,759,820 | 144,676 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
Obalimu (16) may also be a first name.
Obalimu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Obalimu Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Obalimu occurs more in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It can appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Obalimu click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Obalimu? popularity and diffusion
Obalimu is the 2,746,821st most frequently occurring surname on a worldwide basis It is held by approximately 1 in 145,750,918 people. The last name Obalimu is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Obalimu are found; 92 percent are found in West Africa and 92 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 2,786,762nd most commonly used first name throughout the world It is held by 16 people.
This last name is most commonly held in Nigeria, where it is held by 45 people, or 1 in 3,936,506. In Nigeria Obalimu is most frequent in: Kogi, where 44 percent live, Lagos, where 22 percent live and Niger, where 13 percent live. Not including Nigeria it occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in Uganda, where 8 percent live and Benin, where 2 percent live.
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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 Obalimu
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