Obanigba Surname

670,508th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 446 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Qatar

Obanigba Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Obanigba Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria4221:419,77021,772
United States131:27,881,456736,413
Qatar61:393,00055,922
England41:13,929,515290,718
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539

Obanigba (19) may also be a first name.

Obanigba Last Name Facts

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

The last name Obanigba occurs more in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered as:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Obanigba? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 670,508th most commonly held last name on a global scale, borne by approximately 1 in 16,339,789 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 95 percent of Obanigba reside; 95 percent reside in West Africa and 95 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Obanigba is also the 2,523,061st most commonly held first name internationally. It is borne by 19 people.

The last name Obanigba is most numerous in Nigeria, where it is held by 422 people, or 1 in 419,770. In Nigeria it is most frequent in: Ondo, where 75 percent live, Lagos, where 8 percent live and Oyo, where 5 percent live. Barring Nigeria this last name is found in 4 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 3 percent live and Qatar, where 1 percent live.

Obanigba Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Obanigba last name are 6.77% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 60% registered with the political party.

Obanigba earn notably less less than the average income. In United States they earn 24.16% less than the national average, earning $32,725 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Obanigwa881/
Obanigbe881/
Abanaigba827/
Abanigbe75129/
Abanigbo7545/
Obanegbe759/
Awonigba758/
Obenigbo754/
Owonigba752/
Abanigbi751/
Abannehegbe531/

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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 Obanigba
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