Obiabo Surname
Approximately 1,903 people bear this surname
Obiabo Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 1,890 | 1:93,726 | 6,468 |
| England | 7 | 1:7,959,723 | 202,100 |
| Congo | 4 | 1:1,247,274 | 20,238 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
Obiabo (617) may also be a first name.
Obiabo Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Obiabo Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Obiabo is most common in Nigeria. It may also occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Obiabo? popularity and diffusion
The last name Obiabo is the 215,799th most frequently used surname world-wide It is held by approximately 1 in 3,829,504 people. This surname is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Obiabo are found; 99 percent are found in West Africa and 99 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Obiabo is also the 336,019th most frequently occurring first name world-wide, held by 617 people.
Obiabo is most frequently used in Nigeria, where it is carried by 1,890 people, or 1 in 93,726. In Nigeria it is most frequent in: Benue, where 76 percent are found, Kaduna, where 3 percent are found and Kano, where 3 percent are found. Not including Nigeria this last name is found in 4 countries. It is also found in England, where 0 percent are found and The Congo, where 0 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Obhiabo | 92 | 1 | / |
| Obiaboo | 92 | 1 | / |
| Obioabo | 92 | 1 | / |
| Obiaboh | 92 | 1 | / |
| Obiobo | 83 | 20 | / |
| Abiabo | 83 | 10 | / |
| Obiaba | 83 | 8 | / |
| Ebiabo | 83 | 7 | / |
| Obeabo | 83 | 2 | / |
| Oviabo | 83 | 1 | / |
| Abiaboa | 77 | 58 | / |
| Abiabou | 77 | 27 | / |
| Obiahuo | 77 | 4 | / |
| Obiajba | 77 | 2 | / |
| Abijabo | 77 | 1 | / |
| Abiabod | 77 | 1 | / |
| Obhioboh | 71 | 28 | / |
| Habiabou | 71 | 1 | / |
| Abiaba | 67 | 222 | / |
| Obiowo | 67 | 80 | / |
| Obiava | 67 | 37 | / |
| Abiawo | 67 | 32 | / |
| Obiawa | 67 | 20 | / |
| Obiowa | 67 | 12 | / |
| Obiova | 67 | 12 | / |
| Obioba | 67 | 7 | / |
| Oviavo | 67 | 2 | / |
| Ubiaba | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Obiabo
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