Obessa Surname
Approximately 62 people bear this surname
Obessa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Congo | 59 | 1:84,561 | 7,183 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| Gabon | 1 | 1:1,889,194 | 6,814 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
Obessa (10) may also be a first name.
Obessa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Obessa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Obessa is more frequently found in The Congo than any other country/territory. It may be found in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Obessa? popularity and diffusion
The surname Obessa is the 2,436,415th most widely held surname at a global level, borne by around 1 in 117,541,063 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 98 percent of Obessa are found; 97 percent are found in Central Africa and 97 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 3,684,242nd most commonly occurring first name in the world It is held by 10 people.
The surname Obessa is most common in The Congo, where it is carried by 59 people, or 1 in 84,561. In The Congo it is most common in: Brazzaville Department, where 93 percent reside and Pointe-Noire Department, where 7 percent reside. Excluding The Congo Obessa is found in 3 countries. It is also common in Benin, where 2 percent reside and Gabon, where 2 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 Obessa
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