Obechi Surname
Approximately 69 people bear this surname
Obechi Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 60 | 1:2,952,379 | 92,303 |
| Venezuela | 8 | 1:3,775,510 | 36,567 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
Obechi (22) may also be a first name.
Obechi Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Obechi Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Obechi is found in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It may also appear as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Obechi? popularity and diffusion
It is the 2,293,424th most common surname in the world, borne by approximately 1 in 105,616,607 people. The last name is mostly found in Africa, where 88 percent of Obechi live; 87 percent live in West Africa and 87 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 2,301,746th most commonly used first name globally, borne by 22 people.
This last name is most commonly held in Nigeria, where it is held by 60 people, or 1 in 2,952,379. In Nigeria it is most common in: Bayelsa, where 58 percent live, Delta, where 18 percent live and Kogi, where 7 percent live. Other than Nigeria Obechi is found in 2 countries. It is also common in Venezuela, where 12 percent live and Kenya, where 1 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 Obechi
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