Obasi Surname
Approximately 130,745 people bear this surname
Obasi Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 128,310 | 1:1,381 | 176 |
| Ghana | 901 | 1:29,990 | 3,547 |
| Cameroon | 454 | 1:45,747 | 6,011 |
| United States | 359 | 1:1,009,635 | 74,488 |
| England | 169 | 1:329,693 | 24,334 |
| Kenya | 148 | 1:312,026 | 19,474 |
| Tanzania | 96 | 1:551,475 | 35,149 |
| South Africa | 47 | 1:1,152,717 | 66,933 |
| Papua New Guinea | 45 | 1:181,194 | 25,163 |
| United Arab Emirates | 33 | 1:277,645 | 19,302 |
| Canada | 27 | 1:1,364,652 | 95,501 |
| Iceland | 13 | 1:29,238 | 2,297 |
| Denmark | 12 | 1:470,393 | 30,183 |
| Scotland | 9 | 1:594,869 | 21,724 |
| Poland | 7 | 1:5,429,821 | 146,768 |
| Liberia | 7 | 1:629,791 | 27,063 |
| Germany | 7 | 1:11,500,780 | 305,602 |
| Northern Ireland | 7 | 1:263,577 | 11,625 |
| Qatar | 6 | 1:393,000 | 55,922 |
| Benin | 6 | 1:1,722,600 | 61,769 |
| Norway | 6 | 1:857,048 | 55,549 |
| Brazil | 5 | 1:42,814,866 | 547,158 |
| Ireland | 4 | 1:1,177,235 | 16,494 |
| Senegal | 4 | 1:3,644,836 | 6,064 |
| Thailand | 4 | 1:17,659,586 | 685,799 |
| Togo | 4 | 1:1,811,942 | 8,122 |
| Italy | 4 | 1:15,289,172 | 132,955 |
| Ivory Coast | 3 | 1:7,690,411 | 57,263 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 3 | 1:454,658 | 14,297 |
| Russia | 3 | 1:48,041,019 | 639,186 |
| Taiwan | 3 | 1:7,814,915 | 41,694 |
| Sweden | 3 | 1:3,282,252 | 190,759 |
| Israel | 2 | 1:4,278,817 | 136,311 |
| Kazakhstan | 2 | 1:8,841,248 | 174,813 |
| Yemen | 2 | 1:13,212,647 | 40,633 |
| Netherlands | 2 | 1:8,443,588 | 136,641 |
| Venezuela | 1 | 1:30,204,077 | 85,459 |
| Wales | 1 | 1:3,094,532 | 44,023 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
| Bahamas | 1 | 1:391,751 | 2,737 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| Botswana | 1 | 1:2,186,929 | 30,250 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Kuwait | 1 | 1:3,800,694 | 27,187 |
| Equatorial Guinea | 1 | 1:1,135,674 | 984 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Georgia | 1 | 1:3,745,545 | 47,852 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Dominica | 1 | 1:75,891 | 912 |
| Czechia | 1 | 1:10,633,469 | 206,023 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Congo | 1 | 1:4,989,096 | 34,171 |
| Belize | 1 | 1:355,474 | 3,977 |
| Malawi | 1 | 1:17,119,109 | 34,144 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
| Mozambique | 1 | 1:27,261,569 | 7,432 |
| Myanmar | 1 | 1:51,937,985 | 2,166 |
| Namibia | 1 | 1:2,409,401 | 19,676 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
| Ecuador | 1 | 1:15,905,846 | 50,210 |
Obasi (12,335) may also be a first name.
Obasi Demographics
Average Male Obasi Height
177.88 cm
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
Obasi Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Obasi Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Obasi (Marathi: ओबासी, Russian: Обаси) is more commonly found in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It can also occur as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Obasi? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 4,310th most commonly occurring family name in the world, borne by around 1 in 55,739 people. The last name Obasi is primarily found in Africa, where 99 percent of Obasi live; 99 percent live in West Africa and 99 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Obasi is also the 53,169th most frequently occurring forename globally. It is borne by 12,335 people.
The surname Obasi is most commonly held in Nigeria, where it is borne by 128,310 people, or 1 in 1,381. In Nigeria Obasi is most numerous in: Imo, where 23 percent live, Anambra, where 18 percent live and Ebonyi, where 15 percent live. Outside of Nigeria this last name occurs in 63 countries. It is also found in Ghana, where 1 percent live and Cameroon, where 0 percent live.
Obasi Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those bearing the Obasi surname is primarily Christian (100%) in Kenya and Christian (99%) in Nigeria.
In The United States those bearing the Obasi last name are 43.91% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 97.14% registered to vote for the party.
The amount Obasi earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 10.94% less than the national average, earning R 211,644 per year; in United States they earn 10.1% more than the national average, earning $47,507 USD per year and in Canada they earn 58.01% more than the national average, earning $78,503 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Obasi Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Obasi in the Marathi language | ||
| ओबासी | obasi | - |
| Obasi in the Russian language | ||
| Обаси | obasi | - |
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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 Obasi
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