Obese Surname
Approximately 355 people bear this surname
Obese Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ghana | 277 | 1:97,548 | 9,187 |
| Philippines | 44 | 1:2,300,869 | 126,392 |
| Nigeria | 18 | 1:9,841,264 | 197,192 |
| Israel | 6 | 1:1,426,272 | 75,466 |
| Ethiopia | 4 | 1:24,386,566 | 19,165 |
| South Africa | 3 | 1:18,059,235 | 248,362 |
| England | 2 | 1:27,859,030 | 389,889 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
Obese (264) may also be a first name.
Obese Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Obese Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Obese is held by more people in Ghana than any other country/territory. It can also occur as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Obese.
How Common Is The Last Name Obese? popularity and diffusion
It is the 793,288th most numerous family name internationally, borne by around 1 in 20,528,298 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 85 percent of Obese are found; 83 percent are found in West Africa and 83 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 547,545th most numerous given name globally. It is borne by 264 people.
This last name is most frequently used in Ghana, where it is borne by 277 people, or 1 in 97,548. Barring Ghana this surname is found in 7 countries. It also occurs in The Philippines, where 12 percent reside and Nigeria, where 5 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 Obese
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