Obandja Surname

4,908,606th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 16 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Gabon
Highest density in:
Gabon

Obandja Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Obandja Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Gabon91:209,9102,378
DR Congo41:18,469,892182,906
Namibia21:1,204,70016,113
Benin11:10,335,602103,742

Obandja (31) may also be a first name.

Obandja Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Obandja Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Obandja is found most frequently in Gabon. It can also be found as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Obandja? popularity and diffusion

It is the 4,908,606th most frequently occurring family name world-wide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 455,471,620 people. The last name Obandja occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Obandja reside; 81 percent reside in Central Africa and 81 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa. Obandja is also the 1,874,099th most frequent forename at a global level It is held by 31 people.

Obandja is most widely held in Gabon, where it is carried by 9 people, or 1 in 209,910. Outside of Gabon this last name is found in 3 countries. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 25 percent live and Namibia, where 13 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Obeandja931/
Obanja9214/
Obandje8631/
Abandja868/
Obandji864/
Obandia863/
Ebandja861/
Obandiah806/
Obandiha801/
Obansa77523/
Abanja77121/
Obanza7710/
Obanjo774/
Obanca772/
Ouboundja751/
Abandia71144/
Obancea7199/
Ebandjo7178/
Obangia7127/
Obandyo7114/
Obondjo7114/
Abondja7112/
Aabanja716/
Abandea714/
Abandje714/
Abandji714/
Obasnjo714/
Ebondja713/
Obandio713/
O'Banjo713/
Oybanjo712/
Ovondja711/
Obondji711/
Obansah711/
Abandjo711/
Gobanza711/
Obanjoh711/
Ubandia711/
Abandiah676/
Obasenjo673/
Asbandia672/
Abasnjad671/
Ebhondja671/
Abgandjo671/
Abeandji671/
Abandjeu671/
Obandiyo671/
Avandjia671/

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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 Obandja
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