Obeni Surname
Approximately 613 people bear this surname
Obeni Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 392 | 1:451,895 | 23,088 |
| DR Congo | 96 | 1:769,579 | 54,223 |
| Kenya | 61 | 1:757,048 | 31,106 |
| Ivory Coast | 22 | 1:1,048,692 | 25,281 |
| Papua New Guinea | 18 | 1:452,984 | 57,838 |
| Congo | 9 | 1:554,344 | 12,633 |
| Uganda | 6 | 1:6,506,546 | 123,710 |
| Cameroon | 4 | 1:5,192,267 | 135,173 |
| England | 2 | 1:27,859,030 | 389,889 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Obeni (215) may also be a first name.
Obeni Demographics
Obeni Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Obeni Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Obeni Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Obeni is held by more people in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It may also occur as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Obeni? popularity and diffusion
The last name Obeni is the 528,243rd most widely held surname worldwide. It is borne by around 1 in 11,888,329 people. It is mostly found in Africa, where 93 percent of Obeni are found; 64 percent are found in West Africa and 64 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 616,131st most numerous first name in the world, borne by 215 people.
The last name Obeni is most frequently occurring in Nigeria, where it is borne by 392 people, or 1 in 451,895. In Nigeria Obeni is most numerous in: Ebonyi, where 38 percent live, Edo, where 17 percent live and Cross River, where 14 percent live. Outside of Nigeria it occurs in 11 countries. It is also common in The DR Congo, where 16 percent live and Kenya, where 10 percent live.
Obeni Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those bearing the Obeni last name is chiefly Christian (100%) in Kenya.
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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 Obeni
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