Obiowu Surname
Approximately 105 people bear this surname
Obiowu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 100 | 1:1,771,428 | 64,453 |
| England | 5 | 1:11,143,612 | 252,590 |
Obiowu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Obiowu Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Obiowu is found most frequently in Nigeria. It may also occur as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Obiowu? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 1,795,579th most frequently held surname globally, held by approximately 1 in 69,405,199 people. The surname Obiowu occurs predominantly in Africa, where 95 percent of Obiowu are found; 95 percent are found in West Africa and 95 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
The surname Obiowu is most commonly held in Nigeria, where it is borne by 100 people, or 1 in 1,771,428. In Nigeria it is most numerous in: Delta, where 64 percent reside, Bayelsa, where 21 percent reside and Edo, where 9 percent reside. Other than Nigeria it exists in one country. It is also found in England, where 5 percent reside.
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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 Obiowu
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