Obireze Surname

7,117,718th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 7 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Obireze Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Obireze Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria61:29,523,793355,097
England11:55,718,059489,080

Obireze Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Obireze Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Obireze is most common in Nigeria. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Obireze? popularity and diffusion

Obireze is the 7,117,718th most common family name world-wide It is held by approximately 1 in 1,041,077,988 people. The last name Obireze is predominantly found in Africa, where 86 percent of Obireze live; 86 percent live in West Africa and 86 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa.

Obireze is most widely held in Nigeria, where it is held by 6 people, or 1 in 29,523,793. In Nigeria it is most common in: Abia, where 50 percent live, Lagos, where 33 percent live and Rivers, where 17 percent live. Not including Nigeria this last name is found in one country. It is also common in England, where 14 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Obirieze9383/
Obierezie882/
Obereze861/
Obirieza802/
Obierezi801/
Obuirezi801/
Obirizi7172/
Obirije7144/
Oberize7112/
Ebereze715/
Ovirese714/
Obirige714/
Obiresy712/
Ovirezi711/
Abereze711/
Obereche6763/
Abireche6747/
Oberegge6740/
Oviriezi6716/
Avirieze6712/
Oviresse678/
Goberezi677/
Oberezha671/
Oberaese671/
Obitrice671/
Obirozie671/
Obairije671/
Obieriza671/
Oberiece670/

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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 Obireze
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