Obeya Surname
Approximately 1,736 people bear this surname
Obeya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 1,491 | 1:118,808 | 7,853 |
| Congo | 147 | 1:33,939 | 3,337 |
| Philippines | 27 | 1:3,749,564 | 153,425 |
| Papua New Guinea | 18 | 1:452,984 | 57,838 |
| Uganda | 15 | 1:2,602,619 | 75,106 |
| United States | 13 | 1:27,881,456 | 736,413 |
| England | 7 | 1:7,959,723 | 202,100 |
| Kenya | 6 | 1:7,696,650 | 52,907 |
| Egypt | 4 | 1:22,983,938 | 62,368 |
| Japan | 1 | 1:127,844,293 | 73,547 |
| Mauritania | 1 | 1:4,094,863 | 38,869 |
| Malawi | 1 | 1:17,119,109 | 34,144 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| Bahrain | 1 | 1:1,348,608 | 10,432 |
Obeya (282) may also be a first name.
Obeya Demographics
Average Obeya Salary in
United States
$42,167 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Obeya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Obeya Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Obeya (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻭﺑﻲ) is borne by more people in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It can appear as:. Click here for other potential spellings of Obeya.
How Common Is The Last Name Obeya? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 232,523rd most numerous family name world-wide, borne by around 1 in 4,197,895 people. This surname is mostly found in Africa, where 96 percent of Obeya are found; 86 percent are found in West Africa and 86 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 527,582nd most common forename worldwide It is held by 282 people.
This last name is most prevalent in Nigeria, where it is held by 1,491 people, or 1 in 118,808. In Nigeria Obeya is most frequent in: Benue, where 59 percent live, Lagos, where 9 percent live and Federal Capital Territory, where 7 percent live. Barring Nigeria this last name is found in 16 countries. It also occurs in The Congo, where 8 percent live and The Philippines, where 2 percent live.
Obeya Last Name Statistics demography
Obeya earn marginally less than the average income. In United States they earn 2.28% less than the national average, earning $42,167 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Obeya Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Obeya in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺍﻭﺑﻲ | awby | - |
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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 Obeya
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