Obisakin Surname

993,593rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 258 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Obisakin Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Obisakin Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria2521:702,94732,409
United States31:120,819,6441,331,040
Benin11:10,335,602103,742
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002

Obisakin Last Name Facts

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

The last name Obisakin occurs more in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It may be rendered as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of Obisakin.

How Common Is The Last Name Obisakin? popularity and diffusion

The surname Obisakin is the 993,593rd most frequently occurring family name on a worldwide basis It is held by around 1 in 28,246,302 people. It is mostly found in Africa, where 98 percent of Obisakin live; 98 percent live in West Africa and 98 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa.

The last name Obisakin is most frequent in Nigeria, where it is held by 252 people, or 1 in 702,947. In Nigeria Obisakin is most common in: Osun, where 67 percent reside, Lagos, where 14 percent reside and Oyo, where 9 percent reside. Beside Nigeria this last name is found in 4 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 1 percent reside and Benin, where 0 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
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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 Obisakin
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