Obashola Surname

959,117th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 272 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Obashola Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Obashola Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria2701:656,08430,692
England21:27,859,030389,889

Obashola (119) may also be a first name.

Obashola Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Obashola Come From? nationality or country of origin

Obashola occurs in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It may also appear as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Obashola? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 959,117th most common last name on earth. It is borne by around 1 in 26,792,448 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Obashola live; 99 percent live in West Africa and 99 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Obashola is also the 856,040th most frequently held first name internationally, borne by 119 people.

This last name is most frequent in Nigeria, where it is carried by 270 people, or 1 in 656,084. In Nigeria Obashola is primarily concentrated in: Lagos, where 42 percent live, Kwara, where 17 percent live and Ogun, where 14 percent live. Barring Nigeria this surname occurs in one country. It is also found in England, where 1 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Obashoola944/
Obasola931,197/
Obasuola885/
Abashola881/
Obassola881/
Obachola881/
Ouwashola821/
Abasola802,301/
Obasolo805/
Obesola804/
Ebasola801/
Awoshola75106/
Ebassola7555/
Abasoola757/
Abeshola752/
Obuosola752/
Abassola752/
Abasolla751/
Asbasola751/
Abashula751/
Obassala751/
Obhasgula714/
Aweushola713/
Goboshala711/
Abasolo678,823/
Abasula67953/
Awosola67760/
Abazola6777/
Owosola6726/
Abasole6715/
Abesola6711/
Avasola677/
Abosola673/
Obasule672/
Obasuli671/
Abasala671/

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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 Obashola
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