Obinah Surname
Approximately 27 people bear this surname
Obinah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 22 | 1:8,051,944 | 174,166 |
| Uganda | 2 | 1:19,519,640 | 189,114 |
| Botswana | 1 | 1:2,186,929 | 30,250 |
| Denmark | 1 | 1:5,644,715 | 93,155 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
Obinah (43) may also be a first name.
Obinah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Obinah Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Obinah has its highest incidence in Nigeria. It can be found as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Obinah? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 3,798,600th most frequently occurring last name throughout the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 269,909,108 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 96 percent of Obinah reside; 85 percent reside in West Africa and 81 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 1,545,828th most frequently held first name in the world, borne by 43 people.
The surname Obinah is most commonly used in Nigeria, where it is carried by 22 people, or 1 in 8,051,944. In Nigeria Obinah is primarily found in: Rivers, where 45 percent reside, Akwa Ibom, where 18 percent reside and Ondo, where 14 percent reside. Aside from Nigeria this surname occurs in 4 countries. It also occurs in Uganda, where 7 percent reside and Botswana, where 4 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 Obinah
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