Obeche Surname
Approximately 2,623 people bear this surname
Obeche Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 2,614 | 1:67,767 | 4,929 |
| Kenya | 5 | 1:9,235,980 | 55,978 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Obeche (28) may also be a first name.
Obeche Demographics
Obeche Religious Adherence
in Nigeria
Religious Adherence
in Nigeria
Obeche Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Obeche Come From? nationality or country of origin
Obeche has its highest incidence in Nigeria. It can also occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Obeche? popularity and diffusion
It is the 165,194th most common family name on a global scale, borne by approximately 1 in 2,778,325 people. The surname Obeche is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Obeche reside; 100 percent reside in West Africa and 100 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 1,994,417th most commonly occurring first name in the world, held by 28 people.
It is most commonly held in Nigeria, where it is held by 2,614 people, or 1 in 67,767. In Nigeria it is mostly found in: Anambra, where 62 percent are found, Delta, where 10 percent are found and Imo, where 5 percent are found. Not including Nigeria it exists in 5 countries. It is also found in Kenya, where 0 percent are found and India, where 0 percent are found.
Obeche Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those bearing the Obeche last name is primarily Christian (96%) 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 Obeche
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