Obaye Surname
Approximately 645 people bear this surname
Obaye Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 379 | 1:467,395 | 23,652 |
| Kenya | 221 | 1:208,959 | 14,983 |
| Mauritania | 10 | 1:409,486 | 16,302 |
| Morocco | 9 | 1:3,830,678 | 54,497 |
| Colombia | 7 | 1:6,824,867 | 22,056 |
| England | 4 | 1:13,929,515 | 290,718 |
| Uganda | 3 | 1:13,013,093 | 160,157 |
| Cameroon | 2 | 1:10,384,534 | 165,830 |
| Mexico | 2 | 1:62,063,102 | 83,384 |
| Sweden | 2 | 1:4,923,378 | 241,212 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Burkina Faso | 1 | 1:18,352,100 | 30,051 |
| Gabon | 1 | 1:1,889,194 | 6,814 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Obaye (107) may also be a first name.
Obaye Demographics
Obaye Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Obaye Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Obaye Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Obaye (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺁﺑﻲ, Hindi: ओबाये) occurs more in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It can occur as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Obaye? popularity and diffusion
The last name Obaye is the 507,898th most frequent surname worldwide, held by around 1 in 11,298,521 people. The surname Obaye occurs mostly in Africa, where 97 percent of Obaye are found; 60 percent are found in West Africa and 59 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 910,230th most commonly occurring first name on earth It is held by 107 people.
The last name is most frequently used in Nigeria, where it is borne by 379 people, or 1 in 467,395. In Nigeria it is most numerous in: Delta, where 22 percent live, Edo, where 14 percent live and Rivers, where 12 percent live. Beside Nigeria this surname exists in 15 countries. It also occurs in Kenya, where 34 percent live and Mauritania, where 2 percent live.
Obaye Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those carrying the surname is primarily Christian (100%) in Kenya.
Obaye earn notably more than the average income. In Colombia they earn 20.5% more than the national average, earning $27,356,300 COP per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Obaye Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Obaye in the Hindi language | ||
| ओबाये | obaye | - |
| Obaye in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺁﺑﻲ | aby | 50 |
| ﺃﺑﻲ | aby | 50 |
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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 Obaye
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