Obioya Surname
Approximately 28 people bear this surname
Obioya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 26 | 1:798,810 | 55,510 |
| Nigeria | 2 | 1:88,571,379 | 625,098 |
Obioya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Obioya Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Obioya is found most in Cameroon. It can appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Obioya click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Obioya? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 3,730,171st most frequently held surname world-wide It is held by approximately 1 in 260,269,497 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Obioya are found; 93 percent are found in Central Africa and 93 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa.
The surname is most prevalent in Cameroon, where it is held by 26 people, or 1 in 798,810. In Cameroon it is most numerous in: Centre Region, where 100 percent reside. Apart from Cameroon Obioya occurs in one country. It also occurs in Nigeria, where 7 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
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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 Obioya
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