Obiom Surname
Approximately 46 people bear this surname
Obiom Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 45 | 1:3,936,506 | 111,794 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
Obiom (20) may also be a first name.
Obiom Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Obiom Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Obiom is most common in Nigeria. It may be found as:. Click here for other possible spellings of Obiom.
How Common Is The Last Name Obiom? popularity and diffusion
It is the 2,876,555th most widely held family name on a worldwide basis It is held by around 1 in 158,424,911 people. The surname is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Obiom live; 100 percent live in West Africa and 100 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 2,446,817th most commonly held given name in the world It is held by 20 people.
This last name is most common in Nigeria, where it is carried by 45 people, or 1 in 3,936,506. In Nigeria it is mostly concentrated in: Cross River, where 47 percent are found, Akwa Ibom, where 38 percent are found and Abia, where 7 percent are found. Outside of Nigeria it occurs in one country. It also occurs in Ghana, where 2 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Obaiom | 91 | 1 | / |
| Obiome | 91 | 1 | / |
| Obim | 89 | 1,316 | / |
| Obioham | 83 | 1 | / |
| Obiejom | 83 | 1 | / |
| Obhiome | 83 | 1 | / |
| Abiom | 80 | 520 | / |
| Obiem | 80 | 243 | / |
| Obion | 80 | 194 | / |
| Obiam | 80 | 86 | / |
| Ubiom | 80 | 41 | / |
| Ebiom | 80 | 23 | / |
| Gobim | 80 | 7 | / |
| Osbim | 80 | 5 | / |
| Obime | 80 | 4 | / |
| Oviom | 80 | 1 | / |
| Obajiome | 77 | 1 | / |
| Gobion | 73 | 80 | / |
| Obijon | 73 | 41 | / |
| Obeime | 73 | 33 | / |
| Abiome | 73 | 18 | / |
| Obiong | 73 | 11 | / |
| Obione | 73 | 7 | / |
| Abaiom | 73 | 3 | / |
| Obayom | 73 | 2 | / |
| Osbion | 73 | 1 | / |
| Oboism | 73 | 1 | / |
| Obiame | 73 | 1 | / |
| Abiomn | 73 | 1 | / |
| Gabiom | 73 | 1 | / |
| Oubihm | 73 | 1 | / |
| Hobiam | 73 | 1 | / |
| Obouym | 73 | 1 | / |
| Ubuiom | 73 | 1 | / |
| O'Biem | 73 | 1 | / |
| Obem | 67 | 599 | / |
| Houbion | 67 | 425 | / |
| Abim | 67 | 264 | / |
| Obhione | 67 | 62 | / |
| Obiamhe | 67 | 9 | / |
| Ovim | 67 | 3 | / |
| Gobijon | 67 | 1 | / |
| Goibion | 67 | 1 | / |
| Obiogne | 67 | 1 | / |
| Obimowa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Obimova | 67 | 1 | / |
| Obihong | 67 | 1 | / |
| Oubiong | 67 | 1 | / |
| O'Beime | 67 | 1 | / |
| Obijohn | 67 | 0 | / |
| Obym | 67 | 0 | / |
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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
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- 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 Obiom
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