Obiefuna Surname

56,191st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 9,029 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Obiefuna Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Obiefuna Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria8,9291:19,8391,815
United States281:12,944,962483,512
England231:2,422,52489,093
Canada171:2,167,388133,872
South Africa91:6,019,745157,966
Brazil41:53,518,583632,670
Ghana41:6,755,17315,406
Scotland21:2,676,90851,579
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
Kuwait11:3,800,69427,187
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Qatar11:2,357,99976,403
Denmark11:5,644,71593,155
South Korea11:51,240,2568,015
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543

Obiefuna (340) may also be a first name.

Obiefuna Last Name Facts

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

The surname Obiefuna is carried by more people in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Obiefuna? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 56,191st most commonly held surname worldwide. It is borne by around 1 in 807,127 people. Obiefuna is mostly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Obiefuna are found; 99 percent are found in West Africa and 99 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 473,685th most commonly held first name on earth. It is borne by 340 people.

The last name is most widespread in Nigeria, where it is borne by 8,929 people, or 1 in 19,839. In Nigeria Obiefuna is most frequent in: Anambra, where 53 percent live, Imo, where 11 percent live and Lagos, where 7 percent live. Outside of Nigeria it occurs in 20 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 0 percent live and England, where 0 percent live.

Obiefuna Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those carrying the surname is principally Christian (99%) in Nigeria.

The amount Obiefuna earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 82.05% less than the national average, earning R 42,648 per year; in United States they earn 22.49% more than the national average, earning $52,852 USD per year and in Canada they earn 29.45% more than the national average, earning $64,316 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Obiefunna949/
Obiefauna945/
Oobiefuna941/
Obiefeuna941/
Obifuna933/
Obefuna932/
Obiefune88150/
Obeifuna883/
Obiefuni882/
Obifeuna882/
Oibefuna882/
Obiofuna881/
Oboefuna881/
Ebefuna8014/
Obifune801/
Obeifune751/
Abifona671/
Abifono531/

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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 Obiefuna
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