Obasu Surname
Approximately 27 people bear this surname
Obasu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 21 | 1:8,435,369 | 179,591 |
| Kenya | 6 | 1:7,696,650 | 52,907 |
Obasu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Obasu Come From? nationality or country of origin
Obasu is borne by more people in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Obasu? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 3,798,600th most numerous surname internationally. It is borne by around 1 in 269,909,108 people. The surname Obasu occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Obasu live; 78 percent live in West Africa and 78 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
The surname Obasu is most frequent in Nigeria, where it is held by 21 people, or 1 in 8,435,369. In Nigeria it is mostly concentrated in: Edo, where 43 percent live, Ebonyi, where 19 percent live and Kogi, where 19 percent live. Aside from Nigeria it exists in one country. It is also common in Kenya, where 22 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Obasuy | 91 | 10 | / |
| Obasui | 91 | 4 | / |
| Obeasu | 91 | 3 | / |
| Obasiu | 91 | 2 | / |
| Obashu | 91 | 1 | / |
| Gobasu | 91 | 1 | / |
| Obosu | 80 | 2,232 | / |
| Obazu | 80 | 706 | / |
| Abasu | 80 | 486 | / |
| Ebasu | 80 | 86 | / |
| Obaju | 80 | 78 | / |
| Owasu | 80 | 4 | / |
| Ovasu | 80 | 2 | / |
| Obesu | 80 | 1 | / |
| Oubassou | 77 | 764 | / |
| Obasuhie | 77 | 1 | / |
| Goubasou | 77 | 1 | / |
| Obaciu | 73 | 428 | / |
| Obagiu | 73 | 215 | / |
| Abatsu | 73 | 43 | / |
| Owuasu | 73 | 9 | / |
| Hebasu | 73 | 8 | / |
| Govasu | 73 | 4 | / |
| Gabasu | 73 | 4 | / |
| Atbasu | 73 | 4 | / |
| Obachu | 73 | 3 | / |
| Obosou | 73 | 3 | / |
| Abashu | 73 | 2 | / |
| Habasu | 73 | 2 | / |
| Obajou | 73 | 2 | / |
| Osuasu | 73 | 2 | / |
| Abasiu | 73 | 2 | / |
| Usbasu | 73 | 1 | / |
| Obajus | 73 | 1 | / |
| Oboshu | 73 | 1 | / |
| Obauju | 73 | 1 | / |
| Abaasu | 73 | 1 | / |
| Gubasu | 73 | 1 | / |
| Owassu | 73 | 1 | / |
| Abasou | 73 | 1 | / |
| Aubasu | 73 | 1 | / |
| Owashu | 73 | 1 | / |
| Obajau | 73 | 1 | / |
| Goubassou | 71 | 9 | / |
| Gobaissou | 71 | 5 | / |
| Oubaassou | 71 | 4 | / |
| Gobaïssou | 71 | 1 | / |
| Obossou | 67 | 2,247 | / |
| Abassou | 67 | 273 | / |
| Abatshu | 67 | 27 | / |
| Oubahassou | 67 | 9 | / |
| Ebassou | 67 | 5 | / |
| Abasaud | 67 | 4 | / |
| Goubaissou | 67 | 3 | / |
| Ovaisuy | 67 | 2 | / |
| Obaigiu | 67 | 2 | / |
| Abasgou | 67 | 1 | / |
| Oubazou | 67 | 1 | / |
| Abasuis | 67 | 0 | / |
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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 Obasu
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