Obasan Surname
Approximately 839 people bear this surname
Obasan Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 688 | 1:257,475 | 14,824 |
| Philippines | 145 | 1:698,195 | 71,110 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
Obasan (20) may also be a first name.
Obasan Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Obasan Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Obasan is most common in Nigeria. It can also be found as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Obasan? popularity and diffusion
The surname Obasan is the 415,025th most widespread surname in the world, held by approximately 1 in 8,685,990 people. The last name is primarily found in Africa, where 82 percent of Obasan are found; 82 percent are found in West Africa and 82 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Obasan is also the 2,446,817th most commonly occurring first name world-wide, borne by 20 people.
This surname is most commonly held in Nigeria, where it is carried by 688 people, or 1 in 257,475. In Nigeria it is mostly concentrated in: Ogun, where 36 percent are found, Lagos, where 31 percent are found and Ondo, where 18 percent are found. Barring Nigeria this surname exists in 7 countries. It is also common in The Philippines, where 17 percent are found and Canada, where 0 percent are found.
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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 Obasan
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