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
Obaye (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺁﺑﻲ, Hindi: ओबाये) is borne by more people in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It can appear as:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Obaye? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 507,898th most commonly used last name internationally, borne by approximately 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 widely held first name in the world, borne by 107 people.
The surname Obaye is most commonly held in Nigeria, where it is held by 379 people, or 1 in 467,395. In Nigeria it is mostly found in: Delta, where 22 percent are found, Edo, where 14 percent are found and Rivers, where 12 percent are found. Barring Nigeria this last name occurs in 15 countries. It also occurs in Kenya, where 34 percent are found and Mauritania, where 2 percent are found.
Obaye Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those holding the last name is principally 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 |
Search for Another Surname
The name statistics are still in development, sign up for information on more maps and data
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 Obaye
- To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on FamilySearch, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis