Obinal Surname

8,193,072nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 5 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Obinal Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Obinal Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria21:88,571,379625,098
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861

Obinal (6) may also be a first name.

Obinal Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Obinal Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Obinal is carried by more people in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It can also be found as:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Obinal? popularity and diffusion

The last name Obinal is the 8,193,072nd most frequent surname on a worldwide basis It is held by around 1 in 1,457,509,183 people. The surname Obinal occurs mostly in Africa, where 40 percent of Obinal live; 40 percent live in West Africa and 40 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 4,967,096th most frequently used first name throughout the world, held by 6 people.

This surname is most commonly held in Nigeria, where it is carried by 2 people, or 1 in 88,571,379. In Nigeria Obinal is most numerous in: Cross River, where 50 percent are found and Lagos, where 50 percent are found. Apart from Nigeria Obinal is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 40 percent are found and The Philippines, where 20 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Obinale9213/
Gobinal924/
Abinal833,104/
Ebinal8378/
Oubenal77170/
Govinal7727/
Ovingal7710/
Habinal777/
Gabinal773/
Ompinal771/
Hovinal771/
Abional771/
Abingal771/
Hoovinal713/
Ubenal671,012/
Abenal67414/
Ebenal67214/
Avinal6782/
Hovinahal675/
Ebynal674/
Owenal673/
Ovinol671/
Ovenal671/

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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 Obinal
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