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
The last name Obiba occurs more in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It can appear as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Obiba? popularity and diffusion
The surname Obiba is the 4,427,875th most common last name worldwide, held by around 1 in 364,377,296 people. The last name Obiba is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Obiba live; 75 percent live in West Africa and 75 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Obiba is also the 864,112th most commonly used first name at a global level. It is borne by 117 people.
The surname is most commonly held in Nigeria, where it is borne by 14 people, or 1 in 12,653,054. In Nigeria it is most common in: Rivers, where 43 percent live, Abia, where 29 percent live and Lagos, where 21 percent live. Barring Nigeria it is found in 3 countries. It also occurs in Kenya, where 20 percent live and Ghana, where 5 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 Obiba
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