Obasuwa Surname
Approximately 64 people bear this surname
Obasuwa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 62 | 1:2,857,141 | 90,271 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
Obasuwa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Obasuwa Come From? nationality or country of origin
Obasuwa occurs most in Nigeria. It may appear as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Obasuwa.
How Common Is The Last Name Obasuwa? popularity and diffusion
The last name Obasuwa is the 2,394,033rd most commonly occurring last name world-wide, held by around 1 in 113,867,905 people. This surname is primarily found in Africa, where 97 percent of Obasuwa are found; 97 percent are found in West Africa and 97 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
The surname Obasuwa is most widely held in Nigeria, where it is carried by 62 people, or 1 in 2,857,141. In Nigeria it is primarily found in: Ondo, where 42 percent are found, Edo, where 35 percent are found and Lagos, where 21 percent are found. Without taking into account Nigeria it exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in Belgium, where 2 percent are found and England, where 2 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Obaisiuwa | 88 | 10 | / |
| Abasuwa | 86 | 89 | / |
| Obazuwa | 86 | 53 | / |
| Ovasuwa | 86 | 1 | / |
| Obajuwa | 86 | 1 | / |
| Gabasuwa | 80 | 20 | / |
| Obosiuwa | 80 | 1 | / |
| Abasouwa | 80 | 1 | / |
| Obozuwa | 71 | 554 | / |
| Abazuwa | 71 | 42 | / |
| Ebesuwa | 71 | 26 | / |
| Abasuba | 71 | 4 | / |
| Abasuwe | 71 | 1 | / |
| Abaziuwa | 67 | 22 | / |
| Ebeisuwa | 67 | 7 | / |
| Abosuwah | 67 | 4 | / |
| Abajouwa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Abousuwa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Abachuwa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Habasuwe | 67 | 1 | / |
| Abossouwa | 63 | 1 | / |
| Abazuba | 57 | 8 | / |
| Ubasowe | 57 | 2 | / |
| Abosuwe | 57 | 1 | / |
| Abajuwo | 57 | 1 | / |
| Abashiva | 53 | 4 | / |
| Habasube | 53 | 1 | / |
| Abasubee | 53 | 1 | / |
| Abossouwe | 50 | 59 | / |
| Aboushiwa | 50 | 1 | / |
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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 Obasuwa
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