Obangwu Surname
Approximately 53 people bear this surname
Obangwu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 52 | 1:3,406,592 | 101,701 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
Obangwu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Obangwu Come From? nationality or country of origin
Obangwu occurs more in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It may also appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Obangwu? popularity and diffusion
The last name Obangwu is the 2,661,929th most frequently used last name throughout the world, borne by approximately 1 in 137,500,866 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 98 percent of Obangwu reside; 98 percent reside in West Africa and 98 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
The last name Obangwu is most commonly held in Nigeria, where it is carried by 52 people, or 1 in 3,406,592. In Nigeria it is most numerous in: Enugu, where 85 percent live, Lagos, where 8 percent live and Rivers, where 6 percent live. Not including Nigeria this last name is found in one country. It is also common in Malaysia, 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 Obangwu
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