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 surname Obanigba occurs most in Nigeria. It may appear in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of Obanigba.

How Common Is The Last Name Obanigba? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 670,508th most frequently used family name world-wide. It is borne by around 1 in 16,339,789 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 95 percent of Obanigba are found; 95 percent are found in West Africa and 95 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Obanigba is also the 2,523,061st most widespread first name globally, held by 19 people.

This last name is most commonly used in Nigeria, where it is carried by 422 people, or 1 in 419,770. In Nigeria it is primarily concentrated in: Ondo, where 75 percent live, Lagos, where 8 percent live and Oyo, where 5 percent live. Besides Nigeria it exists in 4 countries. It is also common 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 surname are 6.77% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 60% being 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
  • 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 Obanigba
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