Obeyi Surname
Approximately 232 people bear this surname
Obeyi Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Congo | 144 | 1:34,646 | 3,383 |
| DR Congo | 41 | 1:1,801,941 | 95,514 |
| Nigeria | 35 | 1:5,061,222 | 131,727 |
| Uganda | 5 | 1:7,807,856 | 134,263 |
| Gabon | 4 | 1:472,298 | 3,618 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
Obeyi (60) may also be a first name.
Obeyi Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Obeyi Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Obeyi is found most in The Congo. It can appear as:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Obeyi? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 1,070,546th most frequent family name on a global scale, held by approximately 1 in 31,411,836 people. The surname Obeyi is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Obeyi reside; 81 percent reside in Central Africa and 81 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa. Obeyi is also the 1,270,172nd most commonly used first name globally It is held by 60 people.
This last name is most common in The Congo, where it is carried by 144 people, or 1 in 34,646. In The Congo Obeyi is primarily concentrated in: Brazzaville Department, where 86 percent reside, Pool Department, where 6 percent reside and Cuvette-Ouest Department, where 6 percent reside. Barring The Congo it occurs in 7 countries. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 18 percent reside and Nigeria, where 15 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
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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 Obeyi
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