Obiahu Surname
Approximately 1,888 people bear this surname
Obiahu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 1,884 | 1:94,025 | 6,484 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
Obiahu (259) may also be a first name.
Obiahu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Obiahu Come From? nationality or country of origin
Obiahu occurs more in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It may also appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Obiahu? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 217,216th most common last name worldwide, borne by around 1 in 3,859,929 people. The last name Obiahu occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Obiahu are found; 100 percent are found in West Africa and 100 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Obiahu is also the 553,262nd most frequently used first name worldwide, held by 259 people.
The last name is most commonly used in Nigeria, where it is carried by 1,884 people, or 1 in 94,025. In Nigeria Obiahu is most frequent in: Ebonyi, where 63 percent live, Cross River, where 10 percent live and Federal Capital Territory, where 5 percent live. Without taking into account Nigeria it exists in 3 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 0 percent live and Germany, where 0 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
- 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 Obiahu
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