Obederu Surname

7,117,718th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 7 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Iceland

Obederu Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Obederu Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria51:35,428,552388,973
Iceland11:380,09011,096
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Obederu Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Obederu Come From? nationality or country of origin

Obederu occurs in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Obederu? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 7,117,718th most widespread last name globally It is held by approximately 1 in 1,041,077,988 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 71 percent of Obederu live; 71 percent live in West Africa and 71 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa.

The last name Obederu is most frequently used in Nigeria, where it is borne by 5 people, or 1 in 35,428,552. In Nigeria it is most frequent in: Ogun, where 60 percent are found and Lagos, where 20 percent are found. Aside from Nigeria this surname occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in Iceland, where 14 percent are found and The United States, where 14 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Obiederu931/
Obideru86333/
Obaderu865/
Ebederu861/
Obadieru809/
Abaderu7145/
Obadaru7124/
Obadiru713/
Abideru712/
Awederu711/
Obidiru711/
Abedaru711/
Abediru711/
Abadieru672/
Obadairu671/
Abidaru57108/
Abadaru5721/
Avideru571/
Abi'daru531/

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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
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  • 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 Obederu
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