Obiora Surname
Approximately 34,681 people bear this surname
Obiora Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 34,282 | 1:5,167 | 677 |
| United States | 162 | 1:2,237,401 | 140,088 |
| England | 82 | 1:679,489 | 38,951 |
| South Africa | 34 | 1:1,593,462 | 80,086 |
| Poland | 18 | 1:2,111,597 | 101,748 |
| Germany | 18 | 1:4,472,526 | 177,866 |
| Ghana | 9 | 1:3,002,299 | 11,581 |
| Sweden | 7 | 1:1,406,680 | 102,017 |
| Finland | 7 | 1:785,243 | 38,644 |
| Iceland | 7 | 1:54,299 | 3,881 |
| Brazil | 6 | 1:35,679,055 | 486,536 |
| Qatar | 6 | 1:393,000 | 55,922 |
| Liberia | 6 | 1:734,756 | 29,369 |
| Kuwait | 4 | 1:950,174 | 18,811 |
| Cameroon | 4 | 1:5,192,267 | 135,173 |
| China | 4 | 1:341,830,392 | 16,990 |
| Benin | 3 | 1:3,445,201 | 77,822 |
| Canada | 3 | 1:12,281,864 | 364,614 |
| Jamaica | 2 | 1:1,434,974 | 11,081 |
| Austria | 2 | 1:4,257,718 | 99,224 |
| Russia | 2 | 1:72,061,528 | 727,117 |
| Barbados | 1 | 1:287,448 | 2,772 |
| Hong Kong | 1 | 1:7,335,483 | 16,643 |
| Ukraine | 1 | 1:45,522,696 | 503,646 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Senegal | 1 | 1:14,579,342 | 11,705 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Ecuador | 1 | 1:15,905,846 | 50,210 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
Obiora (23,860) may also be a first name.
Obiora Demographics
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Obiora Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Obiora Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Obiora (Russian: Обиора) is borne by more people in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It can also occur in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Obiora? popularity and diffusion
The last name Obiora is the 16,074th most widespread last name worldwide, held by around 1 in 210,131 people. This last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Obiora live; 99 percent live in West Africa and 99 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Obiora is also the 33,182nd most prevalent first name on earth, borne by 23,860 people.
It is most widely held in Nigeria, where it is borne by 34,282 people, or 1 in 5,167. In Nigeria Obiora is mostly concentrated in: Anambra, where 54 percent are found, Imo, where 7 percent are found and Lagos, where 7 percent are found. Aside from Nigeria Obiora is found in 33 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 0 percent are found and England, where 0 percent are found.
Obiora Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those holding the surname is principally Christian (98%) in Nigeria.
In The United States Obiora are 46.77% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 100% being registered with the party.
The amount Obiora earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 44.18% less than the national average, earning R 132,648 per year and in United States they earn 11.49% more than the national average, earning $48,106 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Obiora Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Obiora in the Russian language | ||
| Обиора | obiora | - |
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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 Obiora
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