Obeye Surname
Approximately 182 people bear this surname
Obeye Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 141 | 1:1,256,332 | 50,205 |
| Mauritania | 25 | 1:163,795 | 8,806 |
| Thailand | 4 | 1:17,659,586 | 685,799 |
| Togo | 4 | 1:1,811,942 | 8,122 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
Obeye (115) may also be a first name.
Obeye Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Obeye Come From? nationality or country of origin
Obeye (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺃﻭﺑﻲ) is borne by more people in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It may appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Obeye.
How Common Is The Last Name Obeye? popularity and diffusion
The last name Obeye is the 1,263,456th most frequently occurring last name throughout the world It is held by around 1 in 40,041,461 people. It is predominantly found in Africa, where 95 percent of Obeye live; 93 percent live in West Africa and 80 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Obeye is also the 873,022nd most widespread first name in the world. It is borne by 115 people.
This surname is most commonly occurring in Nigeria, where it is borne by 141 people, or 1 in 1,256,332. In Nigeria it is mostly concentrated in: Bayelsa, where 64 percent live, Delta, where 11 percent live and Cross River, where 8 percent live. Without taking into account Nigeria it exists in 9 countries. It is also found in Mauritania, where 14 percent live and Thailand, where 2 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Obeye Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Obeye in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺃﻭﺑﻲ | awby | 50 |
| ﺃﺑﻲ | aby | 33.33 |
| ﺍﻭﺑﻲ | awby | 16.67 |
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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 Obeye
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