Obisia Surname
Approximately 27 people bear this surname
Obisia Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 16 | 1:11,071,422 | 210,388 |
| Papua New Guinea | 10 | 1:815,372 | 88,623 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
Obisia Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Obisia Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Obisia is most common in Nigeria. It may also occur as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Obisia? popularity and diffusion
Obisia is the 3,798,600th most commonly occurring family name throughout the world, held by around 1 in 269,909,108 people. The last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 63 percent of Obisia reside; 59 percent reside in West Africa and 59 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
Obisia is most commonly used in Nigeria, where it is borne by 16 people, or 1 in 11,071,422. In Nigeria Obisia is most numerous in: Abia, where 44 percent reside, Rivers, where 38 percent reside and Lagos, where 19 percent reside. Without taking into account Nigeria this surname is found in 2 countries. It is also common in Papua New Guinea, where 37 percent reside and Uganda, where 4 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
- 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 Obisia
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