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
Obatta occurs most in Nigeria. It may appear as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Obatta? popularity and diffusion
The last name Obatta is the 1,765,740th most frequently used family name in the world, borne by around 1 in 67,477,277 people. The surname is mostly found in Africa, where 78 percent of Obatta reside; 77 percent reside in West Africa and 77 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
The surname is most frequently occurring in Nigeria, where it is borne by 83 people, or 1 in 2,134,250. In Nigeria it is primarily concentrated in: Lagos, where 27 percent live, Edo, where 11 percent live and Kano, where 11 percent live. Beside Nigeria Obatta occurs in 4 countries. It is also common in Argentina, where 12 percent live and Brazil, where 9 percent live.
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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 Obatta
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