Obingwa Surname
Approximately 12 people bear this surname
Obingwa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 11 | 1:16,103,887 | 259,204 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
Obingwa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Obingwa Come From? nationality or country of origin
Obingwa occurs in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It can appear as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Obingwa? popularity and diffusion
It is the 5,587,209th most frequently held family name at a global level It is held by around 1 in 607,295,493 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Obingwa reside; 92 percent reside in West Africa and 92 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
This last name is most frequently used in Nigeria, where it is borne by 11 people, or 1 in 16,103,887. In Nigeria Obingwa is primarily concentrated in: Bayelsa, where 64 percent are found, Abia, where 27 percent are found and Borno, where 9 percent are found. Other than Nigeria this last name is found in one country. It is also found in Uganda, where 8 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Obiengwa | 93 | 3 | / |
| Abingwa | 86 | 44 | / |
| Obengwaa | 80 | 1 | / |
| Obinkwo | 71 | 96 | / |
| Abengwa | 71 | 35 | / |
| Obingue | 71 | 14 | / |
| Obingui | 71 | 5 | / |
| Abingwe | 71 | 3 | / |
| Abingwo | 71 | 1 | / |
| Abingwoh | 67 | 25 | / |
| Obingque | 67 | 11 | / |
| Abingwet | 67 | 1 | / |
| Obengbaah | 63 | 1 | / |
| Abngwo | 62 | 1 | / |
| Obinque | 57 | 790 | / |
| Obengui | 57 | 101 | / |
| Abingue | 57 | 9 | / |
| Abengwe | 57 | 9 | / |
| Obengue | 57 | 7 | / |
| Abengwo | 57 | 5 | / |
| Abengua | 57 | 3 | / |
| Abingui | 57 | 2 | / |
| Abengba | 57 | 1 | / |
| Obengbe | 57 | 1 | / |
| Obenggue | 53 | 4 | / |
| Abingbee | 53 | 1 | / |
| Abingboh | 53 | 1 | / |
| Abengwoh | 53 | 1 | / |
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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 Obingwa
- To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on FamilySearch, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis