Obie Surname
Approximately 7,037 people bear this surname
Obie Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sudan | 3,360 | 1:11,164 | 1,574 |
| Nigeria | 1,535 | 1:115,402 | 7,649 |
| Cameroon | 835 | 1:24,873 | 3,385 |
| United States | 823 | 1:440,412 | 37,866 |
| Congo | 216 | 1:23,098 | 2,562 |
| Liberia | 81 | 1:54,426 | 4,815 |
| England | 47 | 1:1,185,491 | 55,443 |
| Canada | 35 | 1:1,052,731 | 78,176 |
| Jamaica | 31 | 1:92,579 | 4,005 |
| Papua New Guinea | 26 | 1:313,604 | 42,091 |
| Uganda | 19 | 1:2,054,699 | 65,771 |
| Ghana | 9 | 1:3,002,299 | 11,581 |
| Gabon | 4 | 1:472,298 | 3,618 |
| Germany | 2 | 1:40,252,730 | 481,636 |
| Philippines | 2 | 1:50,619,112 | 341,003 |
| Indonesia | 2 | 1:66,124,597 | 756,638 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Gambia | 1 | 1:1,923,451 | 1,043 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 2 | 1:12,187,685 | 173,419 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 43 | 1:1,167,876 | 66,381 |
Obie (4,250) may also be a first name.
Obie Demographics
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Obie Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Obie Come From? nationality or country of origin
Obie has its highest incidence in Sudan. It may also appear as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of Obie.
How Common Is The Last Name Obie? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 70,258th most widely held surname on earth, held by around 1 in 1,035,604 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 86 percent of Obie live; 48 percent live in North Africa and 48 percent live in Arabic North Africa. Obie is also the 106,291st most common first name worldwide It is held by 4,250 people.
The surname Obie is most frequently used in Sudan, where it is borne by 3,360 people, or 1 in 11,164. Barring Sudan this last name is found in 25 countries. It is also common in Nigeria, where 22 percent are found and Cameroon, where 12 percent are found.
Obie Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Obie has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Obie surname rose 1,914 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it rose 2,350 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Obie Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Obie last name are 0.68% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 52.55% registered to vote for the party.
The amount Obie earn in different countries varies somewhat. In United States they earn 4.25% less than the national average, earning $41,315 USD per year and in Canada they earn 12.56% less than the national average, earning $43,441 CAD 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 Obie
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