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
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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) occurs in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It may also occur as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Obasi? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 4,310th most frequently occurring surname in the world It is held by around 1 in 55,739 people. The surname is mostly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Obasi are found; 99 percent are found in West Africa and 99 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Obasi is also the 53,169th most common first name in the world It is held by 12,335 people.
Obasi is most frequently held in Nigeria, where it is held by 128,310 people, or 1 in 1,381. In Nigeria Obasi is mostly found in: Imo, where 23 percent are found, Anambra, where 18 percent are found and Ebonyi, where 15 percent are found. Excluding Nigeria this surname occurs in 63 countries. It is also common in Ghana, where 1 percent are found and Cameroon, where 0 percent are found.
Obasi Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those carrying the Obasi surname is primarily Christian (100%) in Kenya and Christian (99%) in Nigeria.
In The United States Obasi are 43.91% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 97.14% being registered to vote for the political 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
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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 Obasi
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