Obatta Surname
Approximately 108 people bear this surname
Obatta Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 83 | 1:2,134,250 | 73,634 |
| Argentina | 13 | 1:3,287,955 | 132,850 |
| Brazil | 10 | 1:21,407,433 | 350,627 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Obatta Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Obatta Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Obatta is carried by more people in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It can appear as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Obatta? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 1,765,740th most frequently used family name on earth, held by approximately 1 in 67,477,277 people. The surname Obatta occurs mostly in Africa, where 78 percent of Obatta live; 77 percent live in West Africa and 77 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
It is most commonly occurring in Nigeria, where it is borne by 83 people, or 1 in 2,134,250. In Nigeria Obatta is most prevalent in: Lagos, where 27 percent are found, Edo, where 11 percent are found and Kano, where 11 percent are found. Without taking into account Nigeria this surname is found in 4 countries. It is also common in Argentina, where 12 percent are found and Brazil, where 9 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 Obatta
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