Obirih Surname
Approximately 9 people bear this surname
Obirih Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 8 | 1:22,142,845 | 310,552 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
Obirih Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Obirih Come From? nationality or country of origin
Obirih is held by more people in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It may appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Obirih? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 6,360,413th most widely held surname globally, borne by around 1 in 809,727,324 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Obirih live; 100 percent live in West Africa and 100 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
This last name is most numerous in Nigeria, where it is borne by 8 people, or 1 in 22,142,845. In Nigeria it is mostly found in: Bayelsa, where 88 percent are found and Rivers, where 13 percent are found. Excluding Nigeria Obirih occurs in one country. It is also found in Ghana, where 11 percent are found.
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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 Obirih
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