Obase Surname
Approximately 3,263 people bear this surname
Obase Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 2,586 | 1:8,031 | 1,041 |
| Nigeria | 446 | 1:397,181 | 20,879 |
| Japan | 158 | 1:809,141 | 18,209 |
| India | 54 | 1:14,204,914 | 239,375 |
| Brazil | 6 | 1:35,679,055 | 486,536 |
| Philippines | 2 | 1:50,619,112 | 341,003 |
| South Africa | 2 | 1:27,088,852 | 277,613 |
| South Korea | 2 | 1:25,620,128 | 4,175 |
| Thailand | 2 | 1:35,319,172 | 966,191 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
Obase (275) may also be a first name.
Obase Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Obase Come From? nationality or country of origin
Obase (Marathi: ओबासे) is found most frequently in Cameroon. It can be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Obase? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 137,350th most commonly occurring surname globally It is held by around 1 in 2,233,388 people. The last name Obase is predominantly found in Africa, where 93 percent of Obase reside; 79 percent reside in Central Africa and 79 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 535,844th most frequently held given name in the world, held by 275 people.
The last name is most commonly held in Cameroon, where it is borne by 2,586 people, or 1 in 8,031. In Cameroon it is primarily found in: Southwest Region, where 97 percent reside, Littoral Region, where 1 percent reside and Centre Region, where 1 percent reside. Barring Cameroon this last name is found in 12 countries. It also occurs in Nigeria, where 14 percent reside and Japan, where 5 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Obase Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Obase in the Marathi language | ||
| ओबासे | obase | 95.06 |
| ऑबासे | obase | 2.47 |
| ओबासेाने | obaseane | 2.47 |
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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 Obase
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