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 occurs in Ghana more than any other country/territory. It may also occur as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Obese.
How Common Is The Last Name Obese? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 793,288th most frequently held last name on earth. It is borne by around 1 in 20,528,298 people. The last name Obese is mostly found in Africa, where 85 percent of Obese reside; 83 percent reside in West Africa and 83 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Obese is also the 547,545th most prevalent first name globally. It is borne by 264 people.
It is most frequently occurring in Ghana, where it is carried by 277 people, or 1 in 97,548. Without taking into account Ghana this last name is found in 7 countries. It is also found 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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