Obieri Surname
Approximately 144 people bear this surname
Obieri Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 134 | 1:1,321,961 | 52,161 |
| England | 5 | 1:11,143,612 | 252,590 |
| United States | 4 | 1:90,614,733 | 1,198,479 |
| Somalia | 1 | 1:13,452,061 | 9,224 |
Obieri Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Obieri Come From? nationality or country of origin
Obieri is borne by more people in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered as:. For other possible spellings of Obieri click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Obieri? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 1,471,719th most common last name throughout the world, held by around 1 in 50,607,958 people. This surname is mostly found in Africa, where 94 percent of Obieri are found; 93 percent are found in West Africa and 93 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
The surname Obieri is most common in Nigeria, where it is carried by 134 people, or 1 in 1,321,961. In Nigeria it is primarily concentrated in: Lagos, where 37 percent are found, Enugu, where 25 percent are found and Rivers, where 7 percent are found. Without taking into account Nigeria Obieri occurs in 3 countries. It also occurs in England, where 3 percent are found and The United States, where 3 percent are found.
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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 Obieri
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