Obassa Surname
Approximately 105 people bear this surname
Obassa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 57 | 1:181,326 | 17,693 |
| Nigeria | 37 | 1:4,787,642 | 126,894 |
| England | 9 | 1:6,190,895 | 170,599 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
Obassa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Obassa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Obassa occurs most in Benin. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Obassa? popularity and diffusion
The surname Obassa is the 1,795,579th most widely held family name world-wide, held by approximately 1 in 69,405,199 people. The surname Obassa is predominantly found in Africa, where 90 percent of Obassa reside; 90 percent reside in West Africa and 90 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
This last name is most frequently occurring in Benin, where it is carried by 57 people, or 1 in 181,326. In Benin Obassa is most frequent in: Borgou Department, where 61 percent reside, Zou Department, where 28 percent reside and Collines Department, where 7 percent reside. Barring Benin this last name occurs in 4 countries. It is also common in Nigeria, where 35 percent reside and England, where 9 percent reside.
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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 Obassa
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