Obidigbo Surname

456,246th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 742 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Obidigbo Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Obidigbo Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria7021:252,34014,566
United States221:16,475,406557,260
Switzerland61:1,368,81977,571
England51:11,143,612252,590
Canada21:18,422,796409,488
South Africa21:27,088,852277,613
Cameroon11:20,769,068227,406
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Uganda11:39,039,279258,887

Obidigbo (130) may also be a first name.

Obidigbo Last Name Facts

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

Obidigbo is held by more people in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Obidigbo? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 456,246th most commonly occurring surname on a global scale, held by approximately 1 in 9,821,490 people. The last name Obidigbo occurs mostly in Africa, where 95 percent of Obidigbo live; 95 percent live in West Africa and 95 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 814,623rd most commonly used first name in the world It is held by 130 people.

It is most commonly occurring in Nigeria, where it is held by 702 people, or 1 in 252,340. In Nigeria Obidigbo is most numerous in: Lagos, where 24 percent reside, Enugu, where 17 percent reside and Abia, where 13 percent reside. Not including Nigeria this surname exists in 8 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 3 percent reside and Switzerland, where 1 percent reside.

Obidigbo Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Obidigbo surname are 3.23% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 50% being registered with the political party.

The amount Obidigbo earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 31.59% less than the national average, earning R 162,564 per year and in United States they earn 32.78% more than the national average, earning $57,292 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Obidigbuo942/
Obaidigbo941/
Ovidigbo882/
Obidugbo881/
Obidigba881/
Obidiegwo822/
Obidigwa752/
Abidiegba711/
Obidikwa6314/
Abedigba632/
Obidiekwa591/

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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 Obidigbo
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