Obisanya Surname

187,259th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 2,259 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Obisanya Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Obisanya Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria2,1571:82,1255,812
England591:944,37447,923
United States261:13,940,728505,428
South Africa81:6,772,213167,054
Thailand21:35,319,172966,191
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
France11:66,422,722504,397
Iceland11:380,09011,096
Lebanon11:5,637,08332,436
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002

Obisanya (40) may also be a first name.

Obisanya Last Name Facts

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

The surname Obisanya is carried by more people in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Obisanya? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 187,259th most prevalent surname on a worldwide basis. It is borne by approximately 1 in 3,226,005 people. The last name Obisanya occurs predominantly in Africa, where 96 percent of Obisanya live; 95 percent live in West Africa and 95 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 1,614,485th most widespread first name worldwide It is held by 40 people.

The surname is most common in Nigeria, where it is carried by 2,157 people, or 1 in 82,125. In Nigeria it is most prevalent in: Lagos, where 37 percent live, Ogun, where 26 percent live and Osun, where 13 percent live. Aside from Nigeria it is found in 11 countries. It is also common in England, where 3 percent live and The United States, where 1 percent live.

Obisanya Last Name Statistics demography

Obisanya earn significantly more than the average income. In United States they earn 29.67% more than the national average, earning $55,952 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Osbisanya943/
Obaisanya941/
Obisanyea941/
Obisonya885/
Obisanyo885/
Obesanya883/
Abisanya881/
Obaysanya821/
Osuisanya821/
Abaisanya821/
Abesanya752/
Obisanjo752/
Gabisonya711/
Abisianja711/
Awesanya633/
Abizania631/

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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 Obisanya
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