Obazele Surname

844,382nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 325 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Obazele Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Obazele Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria3201:553,57126,985
England31:18,572,686338,250
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Obazele Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Obazele Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Obazele is found most frequently in Nigeria. It can occur in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of Obazele.

How Common Is The Last Name Obazele? popularity and diffusion

It is the 844,382nd most frequently used last name on a worldwide basis, held by around 1 in 22,423,218 people. This last name is primarily found in Africa, where 98 percent of Obazele live; 98 percent live in West Africa and 98 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa.

It is most widely held in Nigeria, where it is borne by 320 people, or 1 in 553,571. In Nigeria it is mostly found in: Edo, where 47 percent live, Lagos, where 21 percent live and Sokoto, where 11 percent live. Excluding Nigeria Obazele occurs in 3 countries. It is also found in England, where 1 percent live and Germany, where 0 percent live.

Obazele Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those holding the last name is predominantly Christian (100%) in Nigeria.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Obozele86181/
Obasele863/
Oibozele8021/
Owahzele803/
Obozelle803/
Gobazile801/
Oboizele801/
Gabaziele751/
Ebozele71278/
Abazale71157/
Awozele7129/
Obosele719/
Obasile717/
Ovasele714/
Abazeli711/
Abagele711/
Obageli711/
Abasele711/
Ebhozele67171/
Abaseleh6774/
Habazale6721/
Obashile6715/
Obacheli6713/
Abehzele673/
O'Basile672/
Ehbozele671/
Abachele671/
Obaseila671/
Eboozele671/
Obhosale671/
Gobozile671/

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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 Obazele
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