Obiayo Surname
Approximately 194 people bear this surname
Obiayo Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 157 | 1:1,128,298 | 46,367 |
| Kenya | 34 | 1:1,358,232 | 35,498 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
Obiayo (124) may also be a first name.
Obiayo Demographics
Obiayo Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Obiayo Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Obiayo Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Obiayo is borne by more people in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It can be found as:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Obiayo? popularity and diffusion
Obiayo is the 1,210,518th most numerous last name world-wide, borne by around 1 in 37,564,670 people. The last name is mostly found in Africa, where 98 percent of Obiayo are found; 81 percent are found in West Africa and 81 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 836,439th most frequently occurring first name at a global level, held by 124 people.
This surname is most commonly used in Nigeria, where it is carried by 157 people, or 1 in 1,128,298. In Nigeria it is most common in: Enugu, where 68 percent reside, Lagos, where 15 percent reside and Abia, where 10 percent reside. Excluding Nigeria it exists in 3 countries. It is also found in Kenya, where 18 percent reside and The United States, where 1 percent reside.
Obiayo Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those bearing the last name is predominantly Christian (100%) in Kenya.
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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 Obiayo
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