Obiechie Surname
Approximately 312 people bear this surname
Obiechie Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 308 | 1:575,139 | 27,820 |
| England | 2 | 1:27,859,030 | 389,889 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Obiechie Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Obiechie Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Obiechie is most common in Nigeria. It may appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Obiechie? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 868,551st most frequently used surname world-wide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 23,357,519 people. The last name Obiechie occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Obiechie reside; 99 percent reside in West Africa and 99 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
The surname is most commonly used in Nigeria, where it is carried by 308 people, or 1 in 575,139. In Nigeria Obiechie is most prevalent in: Delta, where 74 percent live, Lagos, where 21 percent live and Ogun, where 1 percent live. Outside of Nigeria this last name occurs in 3 countries. It is also common in England, where 1 percent live and Kenya, where 0 percent live.
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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
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- 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 Obiechie
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