Obiah Surname
Approximately 405 people bear this surname
Obiah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 269 | 1:658,523 | 30,783 |
| Egypt | 122 | 1:753,572 | 38,342 |
| Qatar | 6 | 1:393,000 | 55,922 |
| Uganda | 3 | 1:13,013,093 | 160,157 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| Togo | 1 | 1:7,247,768 | 12,049 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1 | 1:50,218,684 | 817,899 |
Obiah (63) may also be a first name.
Obiah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Obiah Come From? nationality or country of origin
Obiah occurs in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered as:. For other possible spellings of Obiah click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Obiah? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 719,876th most widespread last name on a worldwide basis, held by around 1 in 17,993,941 people. The surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 98 percent of Obiah are found; 67 percent are found in West Africa and 67 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Obiah is also the 1,234,572nd most prevalent first name on earth, borne by 63 people.
The surname is most widespread in Nigeria, where it is held by 269 people, or 1 in 658,523. In Nigeria Obiah is most common in: Abia, where 21 percent are found, Lagos, where 19 percent are found and Rivers, where 15 percent are found. Excluding Nigeria this last name is found in 8 countries. It is also common in Egypt, where 30 percent are found and Qatar, where 1 percent are found.
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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 Obiah
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