Obiazo Surname

4,116,508th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 23 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Obiazo Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Obiazo Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria221:8,051,944174,166
Ghana11:27,020,69223,742

Obiazo (10) may also be a first name.

Obiazo Last Name Facts

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

The surname Obiazo is borne by more people in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It may occur as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Obiazo? popularity and diffusion

Obiazo is the 4,116,508th most common family name world-wide, borne by approximately 1 in 316,849,822 people. Obiazo is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Obiazo reside; 100 percent reside in West Africa and 100 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 3,684,242nd most commonly held given name world-wide It is held by 10 people.

This surname is most common in Nigeria, where it is held by 22 people, or 1 in 8,051,944. In Nigeria Obiazo is primarily concentrated in: Nasarawa, where 36 percent are found, Abia, where 27 percent are found and Lagos, where 14 percent are found. Without taking into account Nigeria it is found in one country. It also occurs in Ghana, where 4 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Obiaso83140/
Obiozo83116/
Obiaza8325/
Obiajo831/
Gabiazo77175/
Obiacho7720/
Obiasio776/
Obiozuo773/
Obiasco772/
Obiozoi771/
Gobiozo771/
Obijiaso713/
Obiosa67543/
Obiaja6747/
Ubiaza6745/
Obioso6721/
Abiaza6711/
Abiaco679/
Obioja674/
Abiaso672/
Ubiozo672/
Oviaza671/

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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 Obiazo
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