Obenta Surname
Approximately 196 people bear this surname
Obenta Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 194 | 1:913,107 | 39,493 |
| Kuwait | 1 | 1:3,800,694 | 27,187 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
Obenta (16) may also be a first name.
Obenta Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Obenta Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Obenta is carried by more people in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It may also occur as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Obenta? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 1,202,518th most commonly held family name internationally. It is borne by around 1 in 37,181,357 people. The last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Obenta reside; 99 percent reside in West Africa and 99 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 2,786,762nd most frequently held first name globally, borne by 16 people.
The last name is most common in Nigeria, where it is carried by 194 people, or 1 in 913,107. In Nigeria it is most frequent in: Plateau, where 28 percent live, Benue, where 22 percent live and Federal Capital Territory, where 17 percent live. Excluding Nigeria Obenta exists in 2 countries. It is also common in Kuwait, where 1 percent live and The Philippines, where 1 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Obienta | 92 | 1 | / |
| Abenta | 83 | 124 | / |
| Obinta | 83 | 93 | / |
| Obento | 83 | 3 | / |
| Obente | 83 | 2 | / |
| Owenta | 83 | 1 | / |
| Ebenta | 83 | 1 | / |
| Obenti | 83 | 1 | / |
| Obentey | 77 | 14 | / |
| Gobenti | 77 | 4 | / |
| Abentha | 77 | 1 | / |
| Habenta | 77 | 1 | / |
| Obentos | 77 | 1 | / |
| Oubenti | 77 | 1 | / |
| Obentoo | 77 | 1 | / |
| Abentai | 77 | 1 | / |
| Obnte | 73 | 1 | / |
| Abente | 67 | 693 | / |
| Obinti | 67 | 247 | / |
| Ebinta | 67 | 127 | / |
| Abento | 67 | 23 | / |
| Abinta | 67 | 16 | / |
| Abenti | 67 | 14 | / |
| Abenty | 67 | 2 | / |
| Ebento | 67 | 1 | / |
| Obnter | 67 | 1 | / |
| Owento | 67 | 1 | / |
| Obinto | 67 | 1 | / |
| Obinty | 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 Obenta
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