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
The last name Obazi is carried by more people in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It may also appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Obazi? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 348,561st most commonly used surname on a worldwide basis, borne by approximately 1 in 6,953,765 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Obazi live; 100 percent live in West Africa and 100 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 766,399th most common forename worldwide. It is borne by 145 people.
Obazi is most widely held in Nigeria, where it is carried by 1,044 people, or 1 in 169,677. In Nigeria it is most frequent in: Ebonyi, where 73 percent are found, Rivers, where 8 percent are found and Cross River, where 4 percent are found. Excluding Nigeria Obazi exists in 4 countries. It is also found in Iran, where 0 percent are found and Malaysia, where 0 percent are found.
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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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