Obigi Surname
Approximately 7 people bear this surname
Obigi Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 4 | 1:44,285,690 | 437,567 |
| Kenya | 2 | 1:23,089,950 | 83,168 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
Obigi Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Obigi Come From? nationality or country of origin
Obigi is carried by more people in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It can be rendered as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Obigi? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 7,117,718th most frequent last name worldwide It is held by around 1 in 1,041,077,988 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Obigi are found; 57 percent are found in West Africa and 57 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
This last name is most commonly held in Nigeria, where it is borne by 4 people, or 1 in 44,285,690. In Nigeria Obigi is most numerous in: Lagos, where 50 percent live, Benue, where 25 percent live and Rivers, where 25 percent live. Other than Nigeria Obigi occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in Kenya, where 29 percent live and Uganda, where 14 percent live.
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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
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- 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 Obigi
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