Obija Surname
Approximately 22 people bear this surname
Obija Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 15 | 1:11,809,517 | 219,567 |
| Philippines | 6 | 1:16,873,037 | 249,062 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
Obija Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Obija Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Obija is found most in Nigeria. It may also be found in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Obija? popularity and diffusion
The last name Obija is the 4,206,983rd most commonly held family name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by approximately 1 in 331,252,087 people. Obija is mostly found in Africa, where 68 percent of Obija live; 68 percent live in West Africa and 68 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
Obija is most commonly held in Nigeria, where it is borne by 15 people, or 1 in 11,809,517. In Nigeria it is most frequent in: Ebonyi, where 73 percent live, Benue, where 7 percent live and Enugu, where 7 percent live. Besides Nigeria this surname exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in The Philippines, where 27 percent live and Indonesia, where 5 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 Obija
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