Obasie Surname
Approximately 47 people bear this surname
Obasie Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 43 | 1:4,119,599 | 115,187 |
| Kenya | 3 | 1:15,393,300 | 77,493 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
Obasie (17) may also be a first name.
Obasie Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Obasie Come From? nationality or country of origin
Obasie occurs most in Nigeria. It can occur in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Obasie? popularity and diffusion
Obasie is the 2,843,861st most frequently occurring surname worldwide, borne by around 1 in 155,054,168 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Obasie live; 94 percent live in West Africa and 91 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Obasie is also the 2,694,839th most commonly used first name globally It is held by 17 people.
Obasie is most numerous in Nigeria, where it is held by 43 people, or 1 in 4,119,599. In Nigeria it is mostly concentrated in: Cross River, where 63 percent live, Lagos, where 12 percent live and Ebonyi, where 9 percent live. Apart from Nigeria Obasie occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in Kenya, where 6 percent live and Niger, where 2 percent live.
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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 Obasie
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