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 last name Obije is most common in Nigeria. It may appear as:. Click here for other potential spellings of Obije.
How Common Is The Last Name Obije? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 719,876th most widespread last name on a worldwide basis, borne by approximately 1 in 17,993,941 people. Obije is mostly found 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. Obije is also the 1,911,214th most prevalent first name worldwide, borne by 30 people.
This last name is most numerous in Nigeria, where it is borne by 373 people, or 1 in 474,914. In Nigeria Obije is most common in: Delta, where 60 percent live, Benue, where 15 percent live and Lagos, where 6 percent live. Other than Nigeria this surname exists in 3 countries. It is also common in Indonesia, where 7 percent live and The United States, where 1 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 Obije
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