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 surname Obasse occurs more in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It can also be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Obasse? popularity and diffusion
The last name Obasse is the 596,518th most common surname on a worldwide basis. It is borne by approximately 1 in 13,960,816 people. The last name Obasse occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Obasse reside; 94 percent reside in West Africa and 94 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Obasse is also the 1,911,214th most widespread given name globally. It is borne by 30 people.
The last name is most numerous in Nigeria, where it is carried by 490 people, or 1 in 361,516. In Nigeria Obasse is most frequent in: Cross River, where 95 percent are found, Federal Capital Territory, where 2 percent are found and Rivers, where 1 percent are found. Barring Nigeria it occurs in 3 countries. It also occurs in Cameroon, where 6 percent are found and Niger, where 0 percent are found.
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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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