Obiekwe Surname
Approximately 4,963 people bear this surname
Obiekwe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 4,830 | 1:36,676 | 2,963 |
| United States | 54 | 1:6,712,202 | 314,667 |
| England | 41 | 1:1,358,977 | 60,528 |
| Germany | 7 | 1:11,500,780 | 305,602 |
| Qatar | 6 | 1:393,000 | 55,922 |
| Sweden | 5 | 1:1,969,351 | 134,077 |
| South Africa | 5 | 1:10,835,541 | 204,227 |
| Brazil | 3 | 1:71,358,111 | 770,017 |
| Benin | 2 | 1:5,167,801 | 84,334 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
| Northern Cyprus | 1 | 1:319,011 | 10,202 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| Senegal | 1 | 1:14,579,342 | 11,705 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
Obiekwe (285) may also be a first name.
Obiekwe Demographics
Obiekwe Political Affiliation
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Obiekwe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Obiekwe Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Obiekwe is found most in Nigeria. It can also be found as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Obiekwe? popularity and diffusion
It is the 95,865th most frequent surname on a global scale, borne by around 1 in 1,468,375 people. The last name Obiekwe is primarily found in Africa, where 98 percent of Obiekwe live; 97 percent live in West Africa and 97 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Obiekwe is also the 524,196th most widely held first name worldwide, held by 285 people.
This last name is most widespread in Nigeria, where it is borne by 4,830 people, or 1 in 36,676. In Nigeria it is mostly concentrated in: Enugu, where 38 percent live, Lagos, where 14 percent live and Abia, where 11 percent live. Outside of Nigeria this last name exists in 18 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 1 percent live and England, where 1 percent live.
Obiekwe Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Obiekwe surname are 3.91% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 57.14% registered with the party.
Obiekwe earn somewhat more than the average income. In United States they earn 5.3% more than the national average, earning $45,435 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Obijekwe | 93 | 14 | / |
| Obiekweh | 93 | 6 | / |
| Obiiekwe | 93 | 1 | / |
| Obiekwue | 93 | 1 | / |
| Obekwe | 92 | 320 | / |
| Obikwe | 92 | 129 | / |
| Obiekw | 92 | 1 | / |
| Obuekwe | 86 | 277 | / |
| Abiekwe | 86 | 39 | / |
| Obeikwe | 86 | 21 | / |
| Obiegwe | 86 | 17 | / |
| Oviekwe | 86 | 11 | / |
| Obiokwe | 86 | 10 | / |
| Obikwue | 86 | 4 | / |
| Obikweh | 86 | 2 | / |
| Gobekwe | 86 | 2 | / |
| Obiekwa | 86 | 2 | / |
| Obikwee | 86 | 1 | / |
| Obiikwe | 86 | 1 | / |
| Obekwue | 86 | 1 | / |
| Obeakwe | 86 | 1 | / |
| Obeekwe | 86 | 1 | / |
| Ebiekwe | 86 | 1 | / |
| Obyekwe | 86 | 1 | / |
| Obiegwue | 80 | 3 | / |
| Obiikwue | 80 | 1 | / |
| Abiekwue | 80 | 1 | / |
| Obigwe | 77 | 795 | / |
| Ebekwe | 77 | 158 | / |
| Obegwe | 77 | 54 | / |
| Abikwe | 77 | 16 | / |
| Obekwa | 77 | 13 | / |
| Obukwe | 77 | 6 | / |
| Ubekwe | 77 | 6 | / |
| Abekwe | 77 | 4 | / |
| Obikwy | 77 | 2 | / |
| Obiqwe | 77 | 1 | / |
| Ubajiekwe | 75 | 14 | / |
| Ubejiekwe | 75 | 2 | / |
| Obiegue | 71 | 302 | / |
| Obiegbe | 71 | 15 | / |
| Obaikwa | 71 | 4 | / |
| Oboigwe | 71 | 4 | / |
| Obuigwe | 71 | 3 | / |
| Abekwei | 71 | 2 | / |
| Hobekwa | 71 | 1 | / |
| Obuekue | 71 | 1 | / |
| Ubekwue | 71 | 1 | / |
| Obiigwe | 71 | 1 | / |
| Obigweh | 71 | 1 | / |
| Abeakwe | 71 | 1 | / |
| Ebaikwe | 71 | 1 | / |
| Obegwhe | 71 | 1 | / |
| Ebekweh | 71 | 1 | / |
| Obieegue | 67 | 1 | / |
| Obighwer | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Obiekwe
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