Obiechina Surname

366,000th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 985 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Obiechina Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Obiechina Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria9461:187,25511,366
United States271:13,424,405494,117
England61:9,286,343223,652
Iceland21:190,0456,825
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Qatar11:2,357,99976,403
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002

Obiechina (233) may also be a first name.

Obiechina Last Name Facts

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

Obiechina occurs more in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It may also be found as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Obiechina? popularity and diffusion

The surname Obiechina is the 366,000th most prevalent surname worldwide. It is borne by around 1 in 7,398,524 people. Obiechina is mostly found in Africa, where 96 percent of Obiechina live; 96 percent live in West Africa and 96 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Obiechina is also the 587,225th most commonly used first name on earth, held by 233 people.

The surname is most frequently used in Nigeria, where it is carried by 946 people, or 1 in 187,255. In Nigeria Obiechina is primarily concentrated in: Enugu, where 29 percent live, Lagos, where 17 percent live and Federal Capital Territory, where 10 percent live. Beside Nigeria it occurs in 7 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 3 percent live and England, where 1 percent live.

Obiechina Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Obiechina surname are 46.77% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 100% being registered to vote for the political party.

Obiechina earn notably less less than the average income. In United States they earn 21.7% less than the national average, earning $33,786 USD 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
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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 Obiechina
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