Obeia Surname
Approximately 4 people bear this surname
Obeia Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 2 | 1:88,571,379 | 625,098 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
Obeia (5) may also be a first name.
Obeia Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Obeia Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Obeia is borne by more people in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It can occur in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Obeia.
How Common Is The Last Name Obeia? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 8,968,613th most prevalent last name world-wide. It is borne by around 1 in 1,821,886,479 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 50 percent of Obeia live; 50 percent live in West Africa and 50 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Obeia is also the 5,493,085th most common forename at a global level, held by 5 people.
This surname is most frequently held in Nigeria, where it is held by 2 people, or 1 in 88,571,379. In Nigeria Obeia is mostly found in: Benue, where 50 percent live and Ogun, where 50 percent live. Barring Nigeria it exists in 2 countries. It is also common in Papua New Guinea, where 25 percent live and Sweden, where 25 percent live.
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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 Obeia
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