Obasa Surname
Approximately 6,507 people bear this surname
Obasa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 5,757 | 1:30,770 | 2,575 |
| Philippines | 494 | 1:204,936 | 32,217 |
| England | 144 | 1:386,931 | 26,993 |
| United States | 48 | 1:7,551,228 | 341,161 |
| India | 12 | 1:63,922,115 | 578,870 |
| Ghana | 9 | 1:3,002,299 | 11,581 |
| United Arab Emirates | 6 | 1:1,527,046 | 51,993 |
| Thailand | 6 | 1:11,773,058 | 553,295 |
| Kenya | 5 | 1:9,235,980 | 55,978 |
| South Africa | 4 | 1:13,544,426 | 222,367 |
| Papua New Guinea | 3 | 1:2,717,906 | 153,458 |
| Poland | 2 | 1:19,004,374 | 199,659 |
| Spain | 2 | 1:23,376,018 | 128,922 |
| France | 2 | 1:33,211,361 | 423,184 |
| Uganda | 2 | 1:19,519,640 | 189,114 |
| Qatar | 1 | 1:2,357,999 | 76,403 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 1 | 1:1,363,975 | 22,013 |
| New Zealand | 1 | 1:4,528,323 | 55,372 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
| Hungary | 1 | 1:9,816,277 | 73,288 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
Obasa (176) may also be a first name.
Obasa Demographics
Obasa Religious Adherence
in Nigeria
Religious Adherence
in Nigeria
Obasa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Obasa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Obasa occurs most in Nigeria. It may also be rendered as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Obasa? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 75,433rd most widespread last name world-wide It is held by approximately 1 in 1,119,955 people. The last name Obasa is predominantly found in Africa, where 89 percent of Obasa are found; 89 percent are found in West Africa and 89 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 687,834th most widely held given name internationally. It is borne by 176 people.
The surname is most prevalent in Nigeria, where it is carried by 5,757 people, or 1 in 30,770. In Nigeria it is mostly concentrated in: Lagos, where 29 percent are found, Ogun, where 16 percent are found and Ekiti, where 14 percent are found. Not including Nigeria this last name is found in 25 countries. It also occurs in The Philippines, where 8 percent are found and England, where 2 percent are found.
Obasa Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those bearing the Obasa last name is principally Christian (85%) in Nigeria.
In The United States those bearing the Obasa surname are 3.23% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 50% registered to vote for the party.
Obasa earn around the same as the average income. In United States they earn 4.23% more than the national average, earning $44,974 USD per year.
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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 Obasa
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