Obisan Surname
Approximately 142 people bear this surname
Obisan Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 127 | 1:1,394,825 | 54,286 |
| England | 10 | 1:5,571,806 | 158,774 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
Obisan (13) may also be a first name.
Obisan Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Obisan Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Obisan is more commonly found in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It can occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Obisan click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Obisan? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 1,484,726th most commonly used surname throughout the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 51,320,746 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 89 percent of Obisan reside; 89 percent reside in West Africa and 89 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Obisan is also the 3,159,357th most numerous first name in the world, held by 13 people.
The surname Obisan is most frequently used in Nigeria, where it is borne by 127 people, or 1 in 1,394,825. In Nigeria it is most prevalent in: Lagos, where 31 percent live, Oyo, where 23 percent live and Kwara, where 13 percent live. Besides Nigeria this surname occurs in 4 countries. It is also common in England, where 7 percent live and The United States, where 2 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 Obisan
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