Obiba Surname
Approximately 20 people bear this surname
Obiba Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 14 | 1:12,653,054 | 227,444 |
| Kenya | 4 | 1:11,544,975 | 62,419 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
Obiba (117) may also be a first name.
Obiba Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Obiba Come From? nationality or country of origin
Obiba is found in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It can be rendered as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Obiba? popularity and diffusion
Obiba is the 4,427,875th most commonly held last name internationally, borne by approximately 1 in 364,377,296 people. It is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Obiba reside; 75 percent reside in West Africa and 75 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 864,112th most frequent forename internationally It is held by 117 people.
The last name Obiba is most commonly used in Nigeria, where it is held by 14 people, or 1 in 12,653,054. In Nigeria Obiba is mostly found in: Rivers, where 43 percent are found, Abia, where 29 percent are found and Lagos, where 21 percent are found. Barring Nigeria Obiba occurs in 3 countries. It is also common in Kenya, where 20 percent are found and Ghana, where 5 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 Obiba
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