Obania Surname
Approximately 349 people bear this surname
Obania Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Philippines | 274 | 1:369,483 | 48,797 |
| Uganda | 58 | 1:673,091 | 34,310 |
| United States | 8 | 1:45,307,367 | 917,113 |
| Ukraine | 4 | 1:11,380,674 | 331,818 |
| Nigeria | 3 | 1:59,047,586 | 507,603 |
| Hong Kong | 1 | 1:7,335,483 | 16,643 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1 | 1:50,218,684 | 817,899 |
The alternate forms: Obañia (4) are calculated separately.
Obania Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Obania Come From? nationality or country of origin
Obania occurs more in The Philippines more than any other country/territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms: Obañia. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Obania? popularity and diffusion
The last name Obania is the 802,733rd most commonly used last name internationally. It is borne by around 1 in 20,881,220 people. It occurs mostly in Asia, where 79 percent of Obania reside; 78 percent reside in Southeast Asia and 78 percent reside in Fil-Southeast Asia.
It is most numerous in The Philippines, where it is borne by 274 people, or 1 in 369,483. In The Philippines Obania is most prevalent in: Cagayan Valley, where 62 percent reside, Mimaropa, where 15 percent reside and Caraga, where 5 percent reside. Barring The Philippines this surname is found in 6 countries. It is also found in Uganda, where 17 percent reside and The United States, where 2 percent reside.
Obania Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Obania has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Obania surname grew 800 percent between 1880 and 2014.
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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 Obania
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