Obhakhan Surname

1,459,453rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 146 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Obhakhan Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Obhakhan Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria1381:1,283,64351,044
England51:11,143,612252,590
Ireland21:2,354,47019,715
Poland11:38,008,749231,653

Obhakhan Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Obhakhan Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Obhakhan is more frequently found in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It may also appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Obhakhan click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Obhakhan? popularity and diffusion

Obhakhan is the 1,459,453rd most commonly held family name globally It is held by around 1 in 49,914,698 people. The surname Obhakhan is predominantly found in Africa, where 95 percent of Obhakhan are found; 95 percent are found in West Africa and 95 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa.

This surname is most frequently used in Nigeria, where it is borne by 138 people, or 1 in 1,283,643. In Nigeria Obhakhan is primarily concentrated in: Edo, where 76 percent live, Lagos, where 14 percent live and Rivers, where 4 percent live. Apart from Nigeria it is found in 3 countries. It also occurs in England, where 3 percent live and Ireland, where 1 percent live.

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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 Obhakhan
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