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
The last name Obedje (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺃﻭﺑﺪﺝ) is more frequently found in Mauritania than any other country/territory. It may occur as:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Obedje? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 8,968,613th most frequently held last name at a global level It is held by around 1 in 1,821,886,479 people. It is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Obedje live; 100 percent live in West Africa and 50 percent live in Senegambia Africa. Obedje is also the 6,192,526th most prevalent first name in the world, held by 4 people.
The surname is most commonly occurring in Mauritania, where it is borne by 2 people, or 1 in 2,047,432. In Mauritania Obedje is most common in: Trarza Region, where 100 percent are found. Besides 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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