Obisan Surname

1,484,726th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 142 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Obisan Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Obisan Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria1271:1,394,82554,286
England101:5,571,806158,774
United States31:120,819,6441,331,040
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
Spain11:46,752,036156,870

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 surname Obisan occurs more in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It may also appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Obisan? popularity and diffusion

The surname Obisan is the 1,484,726th most frequently held last name globally It is held by around 1 in 51,320,746 people. This last name is predominantly found 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 commonly used given name on earth. It is borne by 13 people.

The surname is most prevalent in Nigeria, where it is carried by 127 people, or 1 in 1,394,825. In Nigeria Obisan is most common in: Lagos, where 31 percent are found, Oyo, where 23 percent are found and Kwara, where 13 percent are found. Other than Nigeria this surname exists in 4 countries. It is also common in England, where 7 percent are found and The United States, where 2 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
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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 Obisan
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