Obiji Surname
Approximately 585 people bear this surname
Obiji Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 554 | 1:319,752 | 17,594 |
| England | 20 | 1:2,785,903 | 97,972 |
| South Africa | 3 | 1:18,059,235 | 248,362 |
| Kenya | 2 | 1:23,089,950 | 83,168 |
| Denmark | 1 | 1:5,644,715 | 93,155 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Obiji (21) may also be a first name.
Obiji Demographics
Average Obiji Salary in
South Africa
R 187,668
Per year
Average Salary in
South Africa
R 237,638
Per year
Obiji Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Obiji Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Obiji is held by more people in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It can also occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Obiji? popularity and diffusion
The surname Obiji is the 546,987th most commonly used last name worldwide, held by around 1 in 12,457,343 people. This surname is primarily found in Africa, where 96 percent of Obiji reside; 95 percent reside in West Africa and 95 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 2,368,944th most widely held given name globally. It is borne by 21 people.
The surname is most frequently occurring in Nigeria, where it is borne by 554 people, or 1 in 319,752. In Nigeria Obiji is primarily found in: Abia, where 20 percent are found, Lagos, where 20 percent are found and Rivers, where 12 percent are found. Aside from Nigeria this last name exists in 9 countries. It also occurs in England, where 3 percent are found and South Africa, where 1 percent are found.
Obiji Last Name Statistics demography
Obiji earn notably less less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 21.03% less than the national average, earning R 187,668 per year.
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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 Obiji
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