Obieme Surname
Approximately 101 people bear this surname
Obieme Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 88 | 1:2,012,986 | 70,656 |
| Congo | 10 | 1:498,910 | 11,250 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Obieme (11) may also be a first name.
Obieme Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Obieme Come From? nationality or country of origin
Obieme is more commonly found in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It can be rendered as:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Obieme? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 1,839,022nd most common surname internationally, held by around 1 in 72,153,920 people. The surname Obieme is mostly found in Africa, where 98 percent of Obieme are found; 87 percent are found in West Africa and 87 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 3,487,849th most commonly occurring first name worldwide, held by 11 people.
The last name is most widely held in Nigeria, where it is carried by 88 people, or 1 in 2,012,986. In Nigeria Obieme is most frequent in: Lagos, where 48 percent reside, Ogun, where 10 percent reside and Bayelsa, where 8 percent reside. Aside from Nigeria Obieme occurs in 4 countries. It is also common in The Congo, where 10 percent reside and Scotland, where 1 percent reside.
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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 Obieme
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