Obirah Surname
Approximately 32 people bear this surname
Obirah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 31 | 1:5,714,283 | 142,531 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
Obirah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Obirah Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Obirah is found most in Nigeria. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Obirah click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Obirah? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 3,485,539th most prevalent surname on a worldwide basis It is held by around 1 in 227,735,810 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Obirah are found; 97 percent are found in West Africa and 97 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
This surname is most common in Nigeria, where it is borne by 31 people, or 1 in 5,714,283. In Nigeria Obirah is primarily concentrated in: Delta, where 52 percent live, Lagos, where 16 percent live and Abia, where 13 percent live. Other than Nigeria this surname is found in one country. It is also common in Uganda, where 3 percent live.
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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 Obirah
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