Obelley Surname
Approximately 88 people bear this surname
Obelley Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 77 | 1:2,300,555 | 77,632 |
| England | 10 | 1:5,571,806 | 158,774 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
Obelley Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Obelley Come From? nationality or country of origin
Obelley is found in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of Obelley click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Obelley? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 1,994,173rd most widely held surname world-wide, held by approximately 1 in 82,813,022 people. The surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 88 percent of Obelley live; 88 percent live in West Africa and 88 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
Obelley is most widely held in Nigeria, where it is borne by 77 people, or 1 in 2,300,555. In Nigeria Obelley is mostly found in: Rivers, where 91 percent are found, Delta, where 1 percent are found and Kaduna, where 1 percent are found. Apart from Nigeria this surname is found in 2 countries. It is also found in England, where 11 percent are found and Poland, 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 Obelley
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