Obinya Surname

924,083rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 286 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Obinya Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Obinya Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria2351:753,79934,148
Uganda161:2,439,95572,451
Kenya141:3,298,56438,706
Tanzania71:7,563,08870,659
Russia61:24,020,509493,300
United States31:120,819,6441,331,040
England21:27,859,030389,889
Guyana11:762,22114,420
Israel11:8,557,634182,558
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002

Obinya Last Name Facts

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

The last name Obinya (Russian: Обиня) is held by more people in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It may also occur as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Obinya? popularity and diffusion

The surname Obinya is the 924,083rd most commonly occurring last name internationally It is held by approximately 1 in 25,480,930 people. This surname is primarily found in Africa, where 95 percent of Obinya are found; 82 percent are found in West Africa and 82 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa.

This last name is most frequently occurring in Nigeria, where it is carried by 235 people, or 1 in 753,799. In Nigeria Obinya is most frequent in: Abia, where 49 percent live, Cross River, where 14 percent live and Benue, where 10 percent live. Outside of Nigeria Obinya occurs in 9 countries. It is also found in Uganda, where 6 percent live and Kenya, where 5 percent live.

Obinya Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those bearing the Obinya surname is predominantly Christian (100%) in Kenya.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Obionya925/
Obinyea922/
Obuinya921/
Abinya83628/
Owinya83328/
Obinyo8365/
Obinia8360/
Obenya8336/
Obinja832/
Obinea832/
Ubinya831/
Oubinha7712/
Abhinya773/
Habinya773/
Obenyah772/
Ojwinya772/
Obienja771/
Obionyo771/
Owuinya771/
Ahbinya771/
Osbinia770/
Obiña73801/
Owinyaai712/
Gobingea711/
Oubiña672,049/
Abinyo67682/
Owinyo67577/
Owinja67544/
Owenya67432/
Ubinha67171/
Obenia67166/
Abenya6784/
Awinya6764/
Ovinia6744/
Obenyo6726/
Ubinia6720/
Ovinha6715/
Obinio6712/
Owinia6712/
Abinia6712/
Abinja678/
Obeñia676/
Hobiña676/
Abigna675/
Obinjo675/
Obenja673/
Avinya672/
Ovenya671/
Obiñia671/
Abinea671/

Obinya Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Obinya in the Russian language
Обиняobina-

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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 Obinya
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