Obiaya Surname

1,918,812th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 94 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Obiaya Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Obiaya Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria751:2,361,90379,171
United States171:21,321,114641,998
Colombia11:47,774,07244,230
England11:55,718,059489,080

Obiaya Last Name Facts

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

The last name Obiaya occurs more in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It may be rendered as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Obiaya? popularity and diffusion

It is the 1,918,812th most commonly occurring surname world-wide It is held by around 1 in 77,527,084 people. The surname is primarily found in Africa, where 80 percent of Obiaya reside; 80 percent reside in West Africa and 80 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa.

The surname is most frequently held in Nigeria, where it is borne by 75 people, or 1 in 2,361,903. In Nigeria it is most common in: Kaduna, where 40 percent live, Ebonyi, where 17 percent live and Delta, where 15 percent live. Without taking into account Nigeria this surname is found in 3 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 18 percent live and Colombia, where 1 percent live.

Obiaya Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Obiaya last name are 46.77% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 100% registered with the political party.

Obiaya earn marginally less than the average income. In United States they earn 3.13% less than the national average, earning $41,800 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

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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 Obiaya
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