Obije Surname
Approximately 405 people bear this surname
Obije Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 373 | 1:474,914 | 23,911 |
| Indonesia | 28 | 1:4,723,186 | 228,527 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
Obije (30) may also be a first name.
Obije Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Obije Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Obije is more commonly found in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It can also be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Obije? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 719,876th most common family name world-wide It is held by approximately 1 in 17,993,941 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 92 percent of Obije are found; 92 percent are found in West Africa and 92 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 1,911,214th most commonly used forename in the world It is held by 30 people.
The last name Obije is most commonly held in Nigeria, where it is held by 373 people, or 1 in 474,914. In Nigeria Obije is most frequent in: Delta, where 60 percent reside, Benue, where 15 percent reside and Lagos, where 6 percent reside. Apart from Nigeria it occurs in 3 countries. It also occurs in Indonesia, where 7 percent reside and The United States, 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
- 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 Obije
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