Obasey Surname
Approximately 28 people bear this surname
Obasey Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 26 | 1:6,813,183 | 158,601 |
| Cameroon | 2 | 1:10,384,534 | 165,830 |
Obasey Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Obasey Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Obasey is more frequently found in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It can appear as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Obasey.
How Common Is The Last Name Obasey? popularity and diffusion
Obasey is the 3,730,171st most commonly occurring surname throughout the world, held by approximately 1 in 260,269,497 people. Obasey occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Obasey are found; 93 percent are found in West Africa and 93 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
The surname is most frequent in Nigeria, where it is borne by 26 people, or 1 in 6,813,183. In Nigeria it is primarily found in: Cross River, where 42 percent are found, Lagos, where 31 percent are found and Abia, where 12 percent are found. Not including Nigeria it occurs in one country. It is also found in Cameroon, where 7 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 Obasey
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