Obedience Surname

2,333,370th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 67 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Obedience Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Obedience Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria611:2,903,98091,283
Cameroon41:5,192,267135,173
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
Uganda11:39,039,279258,887
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States61:8,369,781355,680

Obedience (1,571) may also be a first name.

Obedience Last Name Facts

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

Obedience is found in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It can occur as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Obedience? popularity and diffusion

The surname Obedience is the 2,333,370th most frequently used family name internationally It is held by around 1 in 108,769,342 people. The last name Obedience occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Obedience reside; 91 percent reside in West Africa and 91 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Obedience is also the 195,340th most numerous first name at a global level It is held by 1,571 people.

This surname is most numerous in Nigeria, where it is held by 61 people, or 1 in 2,903,980. In Nigeria it is primarily found in: Rivers, where 34 percent live, Adamawa, where 20 percent live and Delta, where 18 percent live. Without taking into account Nigeria this surname exists in 3 countries. It is also common in Cameroon, where 6 percent live and Kenya, where 1 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Obidience893/
Obeidence893/
Obiedence891/
Obedenci823/
Obidienze781/
Obodoence781/
Obedenza711/
Abdenace711/
Obitenes711/
Obetenes711/
Obidienzo6725/
Obdens6722/
Avidence591/
Abeednseer531/
Abeednzeer531/
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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 Obedience
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