Obasse Surname
Approximately 522 people bear this surname
Obasse Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 490 | 1:361,516 | 19,397 |
| Cameroon | 30 | 1:692,302 | 50,404 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Obasse (30) may also be a first name.
Obasse Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Obasse Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Obasse is borne by more people in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It can also occur in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Obasse? popularity and diffusion
It is the 596,518th most widespread last name at a global level. It is borne by around 1 in 13,960,816 people. Obasse occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Obasse live; 94 percent live in West Africa and 94 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Obasse is also the 1,911,214th most frequently held first name world-wide, held by 30 people.
Obasse is most commonly used in Nigeria, where it is borne by 490 people, or 1 in 361,516. In Nigeria it is primarily found in: Cross River, where 95 percent live, Federal Capital Territory, where 2 percent live and Rivers, where 1 percent live. Outside of Nigeria Obasse exists in 3 countries. It is also common in Cameroon, where 6 percent live and Niger, where 0 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 Obasse
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