Obayi Surname
Approximately 2,212 people bear this surname
Obayi Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 1,866 | 1:94,932 | 6,526 |
| Kenya | 202 | 1:228,613 | 16,073 |
| Congo | 55 | 1:90,711 | 7,856 |
| Uganda | 43 | 1:907,890 | 40,955 |
| Venezuela | 18 | 1:1,678,004 | 21,578 |
| United States | 6 | 1:60,409,822 | 1,028,827 |
| Benin | 5 | 1:2,067,120 | 68,069 |
| England | 4 | 1:13,929,515 | 290,718 |
| Gabon | 4 | 1:472,298 | 3,618 |
| South Africa | 4 | 1:13,544,426 | 222,367 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
| Sudan | 1 | 1:37,510,195 | 14,259 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
Obayi (59) may also be a first name.
Obayi Demographics
Obayi Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Obayi Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Obayi Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Obayi is most common in Nigeria. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Obayi? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 190,695th most commonly occurring family name throughout the world, held by around 1 in 3,294,551 people. The last name Obayi occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Obayi live; 85 percent live in West Africa and 85 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 1,282,666th most frequent forename on earth It is held by 59 people.
It is most widely held in Nigeria, where it is carried by 1,866 people, or 1 in 94,932. In Nigeria Obayi is most prevalent in: Enugu, where 45 percent reside, Anambra, where 13 percent reside and Federal Capital Territory, where 8 percent reside. Excluding Nigeria Obayi exists in 14 countries. It also occurs in Kenya, where 9 percent reside and The Congo, where 2 percent reside.
Obayi Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those carrying the Obayi last name is primarily Christian (100%) in Kenya and Christian (99%) in Nigeria.
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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 Obayi
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