Obazi Surname
Approximately 1,048 people bear this surname
Obazi Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 1,044 | 1:169,677 | 10,522 |
| Iran | 1 | 1:76,782,524 | 277,718 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
Obazi (145) may also be a first name.
Obazi Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Obazi Come From? nationality or country of origin
Obazi is held by more people in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Obazi? popularity and diffusion
The surname Obazi is the 348,561st most commonly used surname worldwide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 6,953,765 people. The last name is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Obazi reside; 100 percent reside in West Africa and 100 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Obazi is also the 766,399th most frequently occurring first name globally, held by 145 people.
The last name is most widely held in Nigeria, where it is held by 1,044 people, or 1 in 169,677. In Nigeria Obazi is primarily concentrated in: Ebonyi, where 73 percent live, Rivers, where 8 percent live and Cross River, where 4 percent live. Beside Nigeria it is found in 4 countries. It is also common in Iran, where 0 percent live and Malaysia, where 0 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
- 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 Obazi
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