Obedient Surname

2,843,861st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 47 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Afghanistan

Obedient Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Obedient Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria261:6,813,183158,601
Afghanistan111:2,923,01717,932
Iran71:10,968,932186,522
Cameroon31:6,923,023143,724
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States31:16,739,561595,711

Obedient (351) may also be a first name.

Obedient Last Name Facts

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

The last name Obedient is borne by more people in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It can also appear as:. Click here for other potential spellings of Obedient.

How Common Is The Last Name Obedient? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 2,843,861st most prevalent family name worldwide, borne by approximately 1 in 155,054,168 people. This last name is primarily found in Africa, where 62 percent of Obedient live; 55 percent live in West Africa and 55 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Obedient is also the 465,148th most frequently occurring first name throughout the world, borne by 351 people.

The last name Obedient is most widespread in Nigeria, where it is held by 26 people, or 1 in 6,813,183. In Nigeria it is primarily concentrated in: Bayelsa, where 38 percent are found, Rivers, where 23 percent are found and Akwa Ibom, where 15 percent are found. Without taking into account Nigeria Obedient is found in 3 countries. It also occurs in Afghanistan, where 23 percent are found and Iran, where 15 percent are found.

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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 Obedient
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