Obenyi Surname
Approximately 78 people bear this surname
Obenyi Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 71 | 1:2,494,968 | 82,261 |
| Uganda | 6 | 1:6,506,546 | 123,710 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
Obenyi (28) may also be a first name.
Obenyi Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Obenyi Come From? nationality or country of origin
Obenyi occurs more in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It can be rendered as:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Obenyi? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 2,136,387th most frequently occurring family name world-wide, held by approximately 1 in 93,430,076 people. Obenyi occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Obenyi live; 91 percent live in West Africa and 91 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Obenyi is also the 1,994,417th most commonly occurring first name worldwide. It is borne by 28 people.
The surname Obenyi is most commonly occurring in Nigeria, where it is held by 71 people, or 1 in 2,494,968. In Nigeria Obenyi is mostly found in: Ebonyi, where 46 percent reside, Cross River, where 38 percent reside and Akwa Ibom, where 10 percent reside. Excluding Nigeria Obenyi is found in 2 countries. It is also found in Uganda, where 8 percent reside and Kenya, where 1 percent reside.
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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 Obenyi
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