Obeba Surname
Approximately 18 people bear this surname
Obeba Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 14 | 1:12,653,054 | 227,444 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
The alternate forms: Obèba (1) are calculated separately.
Obeba (10) may also be a first name.
Obeba Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Obeba Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Obeba is most common in Nigeria. It may be rendered in the variant forms: Obèba. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Obeba? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 4,649,889th most commonly held last name on earth It is held by around 1 in 404,863,662 people. The last name Obeba occurs mostly in Africa, where 94 percent of Obeba live; 78 percent live in West Africa and 78 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 3,684,242nd most common given name at a global level, borne by 10 people.
The last name is most frequently held in Nigeria, where it is carried by 14 people, or 1 in 12,653,054. In Nigeria it is mostly found in: Bayelsa, where 100 percent live. Not including Nigeria it occurs in 4 countries. It is also common in Cameroon, where 6 percent live and The DR Congo, where 6 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 Obeba
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