Obijah Surname
Approximately 13 people bear this surname
Obijah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 12 | 1:14,761,896 | 248,185 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Obijah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Obijah Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Obijah occurs most in Nigeria. It may also occur in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of Obijah.
How Common Is The Last Name Obijah? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 5,391,485th most widely held last name in the world, borne by around 1 in 560,580,455 people. This last name is primarily found in Africa, where 92 percent of Obijah live; 92 percent live in West Africa and 92 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
The surname is most commonly occurring in Nigeria, where it is held by 12 people, or 1 in 14,761,896. In Nigeria Obijah is most common in: Enugu, where 83 percent are found, Ebonyi, where 8 percent are found and Rivers, where 8 percent are found. Excluding Nigeria this surname exists in one country. It is also found in The United States, where 8 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
- 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 Obijah
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