Obessi Surname
Approximately 88 people bear this surname
Obessi Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Congo | 87 | 1:57,346 | 5,134 |
| Yemen | 1 | 1:26,425,294 | 55,147 |
Obessi Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Obessi Come From? nationality or country of origin
Obessi is borne by more people in The Congo than any other country/territory. It can also occur in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Obessi? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 1,994,173rd most frequently used family name globally It is held by around 1 in 82,813,022 people. The surname Obessi occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Obessi reside; 99 percent reside in Central Africa and 99 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa.
Obessi is most widespread in The Congo, where it is borne by 87 people, or 1 in 57,346. In The Congo it is most frequent in: Brazzaville Department, where 95 percent are found and Cuvette Department, where 5 percent are found. Beside The Congo this last name is found in one country. It is also common in Yemen, where 1 percent are found.
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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 Obessi
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