Obidia Surname

1,860,621st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 99 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Cameroon

Obidia Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Obidia Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria491:3,615,158105,602
Cameroon461:451,50137,608
Uganda21:19,519,640189,114
Dominican Republic11:10,432,93236,508
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Obidia (611) may also be a first name.

Obidia Last Name Facts

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

Obidia is found most frequently in Nigeria. It can also be found in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Obidia? popularity and diffusion

It is the 1,860,621st most widely held family name on earth It is held by around 1 in 73,611,575 people. The last name Obidia occurs predominantly in Africa, where 98 percent of Obidia live; 95 percent live in West Africa and 49 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Obidia is also the 337,969th most prevalent first name internationally. It is borne by 611 people.

It is most frequently occurring in Nigeria, where it is borne by 49 people, or 1 in 3,615,158. In Nigeria it is primarily concentrated in: Abia, where 37 percent reside, Taraba, where 33 percent reside and Rivers, where 12 percent reside. Outside of Nigeria Obidia occurs in 4 countries. It is also found in Cameroon, where 46 percent reside and Uganda, where 2 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Obidiah92413/
Obidias923/
Obidjia922/
Obiedia921/
Obaidia921/
Obidiha921/
Obiediah864/
Obidiaha861/
Obeidiaz861/
Oubeidia861/
Obiodiah861/
Ubidia831,685/
Abidia83328/
Obedia83133/
Ebidia8335/
Ovidia8330/
Obidio832/
Obidya831/
Obidja831/
Obédia831/
Abaidia774,563/
Obediah771,489/
Gabidia77142/
Osuidia77116/
Abidias7723/
Abidiah7721/
Obediha776/
Obideha775/
Abeidia775/
Obiedio772/
Obideah772/
Govidia772/
Ouvidia771/
Gobidja771/
Obeidio771/
Ovidias771/
Ubaidiah7116/
O'Bediah712/
Aabidiah711/
D'Obidio711/
Obesdiah711/
Oobediah711/
Obediach711/
Obedayia711/
Uvidia672,136/
Ovidio671,906/
Abidja67109/
Obedea6735/
Awidia6726/
Ovedia6723/
Abedia677/
Abidya676/
Avidia674/
Obedio673/
Abidio672/
Ovídia671/
Obédio671/
Obediahtt671/
Ubedia671/
Ovidea671/
Owedia671/

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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 Obidia
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