Obedje Surname
Approximately 4 people bear this surname
Obedje Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mauritania | 2 | 1:2,047,432 | 30,537 |
| Chad | 1 | 1:13,592,199 | 13,092 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
Obedje (4) may also be a first name.
Obedje Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Obedje Come From? nationality or country of origin
Obedje (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺃﻭﺑﺪﺝ) is borne by more people in Mauritania than any other country/territory. It may also appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Obedje? popularity and diffusion
Obedje is the 8,968,613th most widespread last name worldwide, borne by approximately 1 in 1,821,886,479 people. This last name is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Obedje are found; 100 percent are found in West Africa and 50 percent are found in Senegambia Africa. It is also the 6,192,526th most frequently occurring first name worldwide, borne by 4 people.
The last name is most common in Mauritania, where it is carried by 2 people, or 1 in 2,047,432. In Mauritania Obedje is mostly concentrated in: Trarza Region, where 100 percent are found. Not including Mauritania it occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in Chad, where 25 percent are found and Nigeria, where 25 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Obedje Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Obedje in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺃﻭﺑﺪﺝ | awbdj | 50 |
| ﺃﻭﺑﺞ | awbj | 50 |
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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 Obedje
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