Obata Surname
Approximately 69,127 people bear this surname
Obata Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Japan | 67,182 | 1:1,903 | 346 |
| Nigeria | 819 | 1:216,292 | 12,835 |
| United States | 333 | 1:1,088,465 | 79,042 |
| Brazil | 328 | 1:652,666 | 24,131 |
| Thailand | 158 | 1:447,078 | 78,527 |
| Uganda | 113 | 1:345,480 | 22,807 |
| Singapore | 60 | 1:91,795 | 3,674 |
| Philippines | 21 | 1:4,820,868 | 168,058 |
| Australia | 15 | 1:1,799,713 | 85,184 |
| Canada | 13 | 1:2,834,276 | 161,175 |
| England | 12 | 1:4,643,172 | 139,951 |
| Germany | 12 | 1:6,708,788 | 223,026 |
| Papua New Guinea | 11 | 1:741,247 | 83,447 |
| Kenya | 9 | 1:5,131,100 | 45,516 |
| Malaysia | 8 | 1:3,686,778 | 134,908 |
| Indonesia | 5 | 1:26,449,839 | 597,308 |
| Belgium | 3 | 1:3,832,215 | 117,288 |
| China | 3 | 1:455,773,855 | 21,925 |
| Cameroon | 2 | 1:10,384,534 | 165,830 |
| Switzerland | 2 | 1:4,106,458 | 122,336 |
| Czechia | 2 | 1:5,316,734 | 169,646 |
| Solomon Islands | 1 | 1:580,029 | 22,243 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
| Vietnam | 1 | 1:92,646,054 | 8,382 |
| Botswana | 1 | 1:2,186,929 | 30,250 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Qatar | 1 | 1:2,357,999 | 76,403 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| Hong Kong | 1 | 1:7,335,483 | 16,643 |
| New Zealand | 1 | 1:4,528,323 | 55,372 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
Obata (147) may also be a first name.
Obata Demographics
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Obata Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Obata Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Obata (Russian: Обата) occurs most in Japan. It can also be found as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Obata? popularity and diffusion
The last name Obata is the 8,236th most frequent family name world-wide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 105,423 people. The last name Obata occurs mostly in Asia, where 98 percent of Obata are found; 97 percent are found in East Asia and 97 percent are found in Nippono-Asia. It is also the 760,591st most widespread forename globally, held by 147 people.
The surname Obata is most frequently used in Japan, where it is borne by 67,182 people, or 1 in 1,903. In Japan Obata is mostly concentrated in: Tokyo Metropolis, where 9 percent reside, Hyōgo Prefecture, where 8 percent reside and Osaka Prefecture, where 7 percent reside. Barring Japan it exists in 36 countries. It is also common in Nigeria, where 1 percent reside and The United States, where 0 percent reside.
Obata Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Obata surname are 13.78% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 67.01% registered with the political party.
The amount Obata earn in different countries varies somewhat. In United States they earn 24.64% more than the national average, earning $53,780 USD per year and in Canada they earn 13.68% more than the national average, earning $56,478 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Obata Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Obata in the Russian language | ||
| Обата | obata | - |
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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 Obata
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