Obeki Surname
Approximately 217 people bear this surname
Obeki Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 195 | 1:908,424 | 39,344 |
| Uganda | 16 | 1:2,439,955 | 72,451 |
| Congo | 1 | 1:4,989,096 | 34,171 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Malawi | 1 | 1:17,119,109 | 34,144 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Obeki Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Obeki Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Obeki occurs in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It may occur in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of Obeki.
How Common Is The Last Name Obeki? popularity and diffusion
It is the 1,118,459th most commonly held surname on earth. It is borne by approximately 1 in 33,583,161 people. It is predominantly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Obeki are found; 90 percent are found in West Africa and 90 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
Obeki is most numerous in Nigeria, where it is carried by 195 people, or 1 in 908,424. In Nigeria Obeki is mostly concentrated in: Lagos, where 21 percent reside, Ogun, where 20 percent reside and Ekiti, where 19 percent reside. Not including Nigeria it is found in 7 countries. It is also found in Uganda, where 7 percent reside and The Congo, where 0 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 Obeki
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