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
Average Obasa Salary in
United States
$44,974 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Obasa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Obasa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Obasa is borne by more people in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Obasa? popularity and diffusion
The surname Obasa is the 75,433rd most frequently used last name on earth, held by around 1 in 1,119,955 people. The surname Obasa is primarily 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 forename at a global level. It is borne by 176 people.
Obasa is most commonly occurring in Nigeria, where it is carried by 5,757 people, or 1 in 30,770. In Nigeria Obasa is primarily concentrated in: Lagos, where 29 percent live, Ogun, where 16 percent live and Ekiti, where 14 percent live. Aside from Nigeria it occurs in 25 countries. It also occurs in The Philippines, where 8 percent live and England, where 2 percent live.
Obasa Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those holding the surname is chiefly Christian (85%) in Nigeria.
In The United States those bearing the Obasa last name are 3.23% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US 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
- 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 Obasa
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