Obeyah Surname
Approximately 5 people bear this surname
Obeyah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 4 | 1:44,285,690 | 437,567 |
| Mauritania | 1 | 1:4,094,863 | 38,869 |
Obeyah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Obeyah Come From? nationality or country of origin
Obeyah (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺃﺑﻴﺎﻩ) is carried by more people in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It can also be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Obeyah? popularity and diffusion
The last name Obeyah is the 8,193,072nd most commonly held family name throughout the world, borne by approximately 1 in 1,457,509,183 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Obeyah are found; 100 percent are found in West Africa and 80 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
This surname is most frequently occurring in Nigeria, where it is carried by 4 people, or 1 in 44,285,690. In Nigeria Obeyah is most frequent in: Rivers, where 75 percent reside and Kaduna, where 25 percent reside. Barring Nigeria this surname exists in one country. It is also found in Mauritania, where 20 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Obeyah Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Obeyah in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺃﺑﻴﺎﻩ | abyah | - |
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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
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- 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 Obeyah
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