Obiechi Surname
Approximately 268 people bear this surname
Obiechi Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 267 | 1:663,456 | 30,992 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
Obiechi (14) may also be a first name.
Obiechi Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Obiechi Come From? nationality or country of origin
Obiechi is carried by more people in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of Obiechi.
How Common Is The Last Name Obiechi? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 968,490th most commonly used family name on a global scale It is held by approximately 1 in 27,192,336 people. The last name Obiechi occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Obiechi are found; 100 percent are found in West Africa and 100 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 3,024,661st most frequent forename on earth It is held by 14 people.
The surname Obiechi is most prevalent in Nigeria, where it is held by 267 people, or 1 in 663,456. In Nigeria Obiechi is most numerous in: Abia, where 29 percent are found, Lagos, where 23 percent are found and Kano, where 16 percent are found. Other than Nigeria Obiechi occurs in one country. It also occurs in The Ivory Coast, where 0 percent are found.
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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 Obiechi
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