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
The last name Obenya occurs in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It may also occur in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Obenya? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 3,274,477th most prevalent surname in the world It is held by approximately 1 in 202,431,831 people. The 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.
Obenya is most widely held in Nigeria, where it is borne by 34 people, or 1 in 5,210,081. In Nigeria it is most frequent in: Edo, where 65 percent reside, Delta, where 32 percent reside and Benue, where 3 percent reside. Not including Nigeria this surname occurs in one country. It is also common in Uganda, where 6 percent reside.
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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