Obein Surname
Approximately 856 people bear this surname
Obein Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 633 | 1:279,846 | 15,817 |
| France | 202 | 1:328,825 | 49,763 |
| United States | 5 | 1:72,491,787 | 1,102,614 |
| Congo | 4 | 1:1,247,274 | 20,238 |
| Brazil | 3 | 1:71,358,111 | 770,017 |
| Belgium | 2 | 1:5,748,322 | 130,559 |
| Philippines | 2 | 1:50,619,112 | 341,003 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 1:4,581,136 | 93,443 |
| Argentina | 1 | 1:42,743,414 | 282,706 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Syria | 1 | 1:19,301,022 | 22,457 |
Obein (115) may also be a first name.
Obein Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Obein Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Obein is found most in Nigeria. It can also occur as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Obein.
How Common Is The Last Name Obein? popularity and diffusion
Obein is the 408,463rd most prevalent surname throughout the world, held by approximately 1 in 8,513,488 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 74 percent of Obein live; 74 percent live in West Africa and 74 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Obein is also the 873,022nd most commonly held first name throughout the world It is held by 115 people.
It is most frequent in Nigeria, where it is held by 633 people, or 1 in 279,846. In Nigeria Obein is mostly concentrated in: Bayelsa, where 97 percent are found, Edo, where 1 percent are found and Federal Capital Territory, where 1 percent are found. Outside of Nigeria this surname is found in 10 countries. It is also common in France, where 24 percent are found and The United States, where 1 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
- 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 Obein
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