Obenewaa Surname
Approximately 2,020 people bear this surname
Obenewaa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ghana | 2,009 | 1:13,450 | 1,752 |
| United States | 6 | 1:60,409,822 | 1,028,827 |
| Canada | 4 | 1:9,211,398 | 321,528 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
Obenewaa (339) may also be a first name.
Obenewaa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Obenewaa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Obenewaa is more commonly found in Ghana than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of Obenewaa.
How Common Is The Last Name Obenewaa? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 205,431st most prevalent last name globally, held by approximately 1 in 3,607,696 people. The surname Obenewaa occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Obenewaa live; 99 percent live in West Africa and 99 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Obenewaa is also the 474,488th most common forename worldwide It is held by 339 people.
This last name is most common in Ghana, where it is held by 2,009 people, or 1 in 13,450. Not including Ghana this surname is found in 3 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 0 percent reside and Canada, where 0 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Obenewa | 93 | 493 | / |
| Obenewah | 88 | 4 | / |
| Obanewa | 80 | 225 | / |
| Obeneba | 80 | 1 | / |
| Abenewa | 80 | 1 | / |
| Obenawa | 80 | 1 | / |
| Abaenewa | 75 | 23 | / |
| Obaniewa | 75 | 1 | / |
| Ebaenewa | 75 | 1 | / |
| Obanewo | 67 | 362 | / |
| Obaniwa | 67 | 208 | / |
| Obiniwa | 67 | 71 | / |
| Abeneva | 67 | 17 | / |
| Obenhwe | 67 | 13 | / |
| Obenebe | 67 | 10 | / |
| Obenebo | 67 | 10 | / |
| Obanawa | 67 | 6 | / |
| Abinewa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Abenewe | 67 | 1 | / |
| Abenawa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Avenewa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Abanewa | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Obenewaa
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