Obidiegwu Surname

338,461st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,087 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Obidiegwu Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Obidiegwu Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria1,0581:167,43210,414
United States151:24,163,929685,360
England31:18,572,686338,250
Germany31:26,835,153452,368
South Africa21:27,088,852277,613
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Liberia11:4,408,53547,110
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448

Obidiegwu (31) may also be a first name.

Obidiegwu Last Name Facts

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

The last name Obidiegwu is found most frequently in Nigeria. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Obidiegwu? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 338,461st most frequent surname on a global scale. It is borne by approximately 1 in 6,704,274 people. The last name Obidiegwu is primarily found in Africa, where 98 percent of Obidiegwu are found; 97 percent are found in West Africa and 97 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 1,874,099th most commonly occurring first name world-wide, held by 31 people.

The last name Obidiegwu is most numerous in Nigeria, where it is carried by 1,058 people, or 1 in 167,432. In Nigeria it is most prevalent in: Lagos, where 30 percent are found, Enugu, where 11 percent are found and Abia, where 8 percent are found. Barring Nigeria this last name occurs in 10 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 1 percent are found and England, where 0 percent are found.

Obidiegwu Last Name Statistics demography

The amount Obidiegwu earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 17.01% less than the national average, earning R 197,208 per year and in United States they earn 73.9% more than the national average, earning $75,036 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Obidiegkwu952/
Obidegwu94165/
Obidigwu9410/
Obidiegbu892/
Obediegwu891/
Obideigwu891/
Obidhegwu891/
Obiduigwu891/
Obiodigwu891/
Obidikwu8264/
Obidugwu825/
Abidegwu821/
Obidekwu821/
Ebediegwu783/
Obediekwu781/

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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 Obidiegwu
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