Obidah Surname
Approximately 2,571 people bear this surname
Obidah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 2,551 | 1:69,441 | 5,036 |
| United States | 15 | 1:24,163,929 | 685,360 |
| Barbados | 1 | 1:287,448 | 2,772 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Syria | 1 | 1:19,301,022 | 22,457 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 2 | 1:25,109,342 | 694,541 |
Obidah (1,785) may also be a first name.
Obidah Demographics
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Obidah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Obidah Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Obidah is more frequently found in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It can also occur in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of Obidah.
How Common Is The Last Name Obidah? popularity and diffusion
The surname Obidah is the 168,148th most numerous last name internationally, held by around 1 in 2,834,518 people. Obidah is predominantly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Obidah live; 99 percent live in West Africa and 99 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 181,069th most common first name throughout the world, held by 1,785 people.
The surname Obidah is most commonly used in Nigeria, where it is carried by 2,551 people, or 1 in 69,441. In Nigeria Obidah is most common in: Adamawa, where 42 percent are found, Taraba, where 23 percent are found and Gombe, where 10 percent are found. Outside of Nigeria this last name is found in 6 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 1 percent are found and Barbados, where 0 percent are found.
Obidah Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Obidah has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Obidah last name rose 750 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Obidah Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Obidah last name are 46.77% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 100% being registered to vote for the political party.
Obidah earn marginally less than the average income. In United States they earn 0.15% less than the national average, earning $43,083 USD per year.
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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 Obidah
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