Obishai Surname
Approximately 120 people bear this surname
Obishai Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 116 | 1:1,527,093 | 57,948 |
| England | 2 | 1:27,859,030 | 389,889 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Obishai Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Obishai Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Obishai is more frequently found in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It can also appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Obishai click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Obishai? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 1,658,108th most commonly used last name on a global scale, borne by approximately 1 in 60,729,549 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 98 percent of Obishai live; 97 percent live in West Africa and 97 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
The surname Obishai is most frequently occurring in Nigeria, where it is carried by 116 people, or 1 in 1,527,093. In Nigeria Obishai is primarily concentrated in: Delta, where 73 percent live, Lagos, where 12 percent live and Federal Capital Territory, where 10 percent live. Apart from Nigeria this surname is found in 3 countries. It is also common in England, where 2 percent live and South Africa, where 1 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
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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 Obishai
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