Obion Surname
Approximately 194 people bear this surname
Obion Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Congo | 147 | 1:33,939 | 3,337 |
| Ivory Coast | 42 | 1:549,315 | 16,834 |
| Nigeria | 2 | 1:88,571,379 | 625,098 |
| Philippines | 2 | 1:50,619,112 | 341,003 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 12 | 1:4,184,890 | 180,076 |
Obion (10) may also be a first name.
Obion Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Obion Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Obion is held by more people in The Congo than any other country/territory. It can be rendered as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Obion? popularity and diffusion
Obion is the 1,210,518th most frequently occurring surname throughout the world, borne by approximately 1 in 37,564,670 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 98 percent of Obion reside; 76 percent reside in Central Africa and 76 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 3,684,242nd most widely held first name in the world, borne by 10 people.
It is most commonly held in The Congo, where it is borne by 147 people, or 1 in 33,939. In The Congo Obion is mostly concentrated in: Brazzaville Department, where 94 percent reside, Cuvette-Ouest Department, where 3 percent reside and Plateaux Department, where 3 percent reside. Beside The Congo Obion occurs in 4 countries. It also occurs in The Ivory Coast, where 22 percent reside and Nigeria, where 1 percent reside.
Obion Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Obion has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the last name decreased 92 percent between 1880 and 2014.
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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 Obion
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