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
Obiom occurs in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It may be found in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Obiom? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 2,876,555th most widespread surname on a worldwide basis It is held by approximately 1 in 158,424,911 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Obiom live; 100 percent live in West Africa and 100 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Obiom is also the 2,446,817th most common forename world-wide, held by 20 people.
This surname is most widely held in Nigeria, where it is borne by 45 people, or 1 in 3,936,506. In Nigeria it is most common in: Cross River, where 47 percent reside, Akwa Ibom, where 38 percent reside and Abia, where 7 percent reside. Excluding Nigeria this surname is found in one country. It is also found in Ghana, where 2 percent reside.
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
- 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 Obiom
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