Obeleagu Surname
Approximately 288 people bear this surname
Obeleagu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 279 | 1:634,920 | 29,981 |
| United States | 7 | 1:51,779,848 | 968,877 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Qatar | 1 | 1:2,357,999 | 76,403 |
Obeleagu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Obeleagu Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Obeleagu is most common in Nigeria. It can also be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Obeleagu? popularity and diffusion
It is the 919,444th most widespread family name at a global level, borne by around 1 in 25,303,979 people. The surname Obeleagu is mostly found in Africa, where 97 percent of Obeleagu live; 97 percent live in West Africa and 97 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
The last name Obeleagu is most numerous in Nigeria, where it is held by 279 people, or 1 in 634,920. In Nigeria Obeleagu is primarily found in: Enugu, where 28 percent reside, Lagos, where 15 percent reside and Cross River, where 13 percent reside. Excluding Nigeria it is found in 3 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 2 percent reside and England, 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
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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 Obeleagu
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