Obendi Surname

1,701,480th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 115 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Cameroon
Highest density in:
Cameroon

Obendi Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Obendi Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Cameroon871:238,72523,654
DR Congo271:2,736,280122,818
Uganda11:39,039,279258,887

Obendi (11) may also be a first name.

Obendi Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Obendi Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Obendi is borne by more people in Cameroon than any other country/territory. It may appear as:. Click here for further potential spellings of Obendi.

How Common Is The Last Name Obendi? popularity and diffusion

It is the 1,701,480th most frequent surname in the world, held by approximately 1 in 63,369,964 people. It is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Obendi reside; 99 percent reside in Central Africa and 99 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa. Obendi is also the 3,487,849th most widespread first name internationally It is held by 11 people.

The surname Obendi is most numerous in Cameroon, where it is held by 87 people, or 1 in 238,725. In Cameroon Obendi is mostly found in: Southwest Region, where 100 percent are found. Not including Cameroon it exists in 2 countries. It is also common in The DR Congo, where 23 percent are found and Uganda, where 1 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Obenndip868/
Obende831,887/
Owendi831,334/
Obenda83667/
Obindi83310/
Abendi8357/
Ebendi8310/
Ubendi831/
Obienda7739/
Habendi7721/
Obiende772/
Abiendi772/
Gobende772/
Obenday771/
Oubindi771/
Obindih771/
Abendhi771/
Obendet771/
Owndi733/
Abndi731/
Goobendy711/
Ebende671,701/
Abende67819/
Obinda67542/
Abenda67429/
Abindi67114/
Ubende67105/
Owenda6799/
Obinde6792/
Ubindi6774/
Obimdi6761/
Owende6742/
Owindi6726/
Owendy6714/
Obindy6710/
Ubenda679/
Ebindi674/
Gowndi671/
Obemde671/
Abendy671/

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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 Obendi
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