Obenya Surname
Approximately 36 people bear this surname
Obenya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 34 | 1:5,210,081 | 134,475 |
| Uganda | 2 | 1:19,519,640 | 189,114 |
Obenya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Obenya Come From? nationality or country of origin
Obenya occurs most in Nigeria. It may appear as:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Obenya? popularity and diffusion
The surname Obenya is the 3,274,477th most commonly held last name worldwide, borne by around 1 in 202,431,831 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Obenya live; 94 percent live in West Africa and 94 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
This last name is most frequently used in Nigeria, where it is borne by 34 people, or 1 in 5,210,081. In Nigeria it is most numerous in: Edo, where 65 percent live, Delta, where 32 percent live and Benue, where 3 percent live. Apart from Nigeria Obenya occurs in one country. It also occurs in Uganda, where 6 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Obenyah | 92 | 2 | / |
| Owenya | 83 | 432 | / |
| Obinya | 83 | 286 | / |
| Obenia | 83 | 166 | / |
| Abenya | 83 | 84 | / |
| Obenyo | 83 | 26 | / |
| Obenja | 83 | 3 | / |
| Ovenya | 83 | 1 | / |
| Gubenya | 77 | 46 | / |
| Hubenya | 77 | 17 | / |
| Obionya | 77 | 5 | / |
| Obinyea | 77 | 2 | / |
| Obeanyo | 77 | 1 | / |
| Abenyae | 77 | 1 | / |
| Abenjya | 77 | 1 | / |
| Abeenya | 77 | 1 | / |
| Obienja | 77 | 1 | / |
| Ohwenya | 77 | 1 | / |
| Obuinya | 77 | 1 | / |
| Obeniah | 77 | 1 | / |
| Oubenjah | 71 | 136 | / |
| Abenia | 67 | 743 | / |
| Abinya | 67 | 628 | / |
| Owinya | 67 | 328 | / |
| Owenja | 67 | 132 | / |
| Obinyo | 67 | 65 | / |
| Obinia | 67 | 60 | / |
| Avenya | 67 | 33 | / |
| Owenyo | 67 | 26 | / |
| Abenea | 67 | 22 | / |
| Abenyo | 67 | 20 | / |
| Ubenia | 67 | 19 | / |
| Obenio | 67 | 18 | / |
| Obenjo | 67 | 15 | / |
| Awenya | 67 | 8 | / |
| Obeñia | 67 | 6 | / |
| Ovenia | 67 | 4 | / |
| Abenja | 67 | 3 | / |
| Obeñea | 67 | 2 | / |
| Obinea | 67 | 2 | / |
| Obinja | 67 | 2 | / |
| Owenia | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ubinya | 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 Obenya
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