Obega Surname
Approximately 339 people bear this surname
Obega Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 185 | 1:957,528 | 40,908 |
| Senegal | 94 | 1:155,099 | 1,268 |
| Uganda | 31 | 1:1,259,332 | 49,678 |
| Benin | 12 | 1:861,300 | 44,192 |
| France | 5 | 1:13,284,544 | 357,392 |
| Kenya | 4 | 1:11,544,975 | 62,419 |
| Papua New Guinea | 3 | 1:2,717,906 | 153,458 |
| Argentina | 1 | 1:42,743,414 | 282,706 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Venezuela | 1 | 1:30,204,077 | 85,459 |
The alternate forms: Obéga (1) are calculated separately.
Obega (83) may also be a first name.
Obega Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Obega Come From? nationality or country of origin
Obega is more frequently found in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It may appear as: Obéga. Click here for other potential spellings of Obega.
How Common Is The Last Name Obega? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 820,032nd most common surname on a global scale It is held by approximately 1 in 21,497,186 people. The last name Obega is primarily found in Africa, where 96 percent of Obega are found; 86 percent are found in West Africa and 58 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 1,052,971st most commonly occurring first name world-wide. It is borne by 83 people.
Obega is most numerous in Nigeria, where it is borne by 185 people, or 1 in 957,528. In Nigeria Obega is mostly concentrated in: Benue, where 62 percent reside, Delta, where 11 percent reside and Edo, where 7 percent reside. Other than Nigeria it exists in 11 countries. It also occurs in Senegal, where 28 percent reside and Uganda, where 9 percent reside.
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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 Obega
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