Obite Surname
Approximately 1,330 people bear this surname
Obite Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 707 | 1:250,556 | 14,487 |
| Ivory Coast | 590 | 1:39,104 | 2,555 |
| Uganda | 31 | 1:1,259,332 | 49,678 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Guinea | 1 | 1:11,833,817 | 3,268 |
Obite (237) may also be a first name.
Obite Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Obite Come From? nationality or country of origin
Obite (Russian: Обите) occurs in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It can appear as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Obite? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 288,408th most frequently occurring family name on a worldwide basis, held by approximately 1 in 5,479,358 people. It is primarily found in Africa, where 85 percent of Obite are found; 83 percent are found in West Africa and 83 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Obite is also the 581,650th most commonly occurring first name throughout the world, held by 237 people.
It is most common in Nigeria, where it is carried by 707 people, or 1 in 250,556. In Nigeria Obite is most common in: Delta, where 40 percent reside, Cross River, where 14 percent reside and Abia, where 13 percent reside. Barring Nigeria this last name exists in 4 countries. It also occurs in The Ivory Coast, where 44 percent reside and Uganda, where 2 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Obite Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Obite in the Russian language | ||
| Обите | obite | - |
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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 Obite
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