Obitim Surname

5,057,639th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 15 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Obitim Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Obitim Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria141:12,653,054227,444
Cameroon11:20,769,068227,406

Obitim Last Name Facts

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

The surname Obitim occurs most in Nigeria. It may appear as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Obitim? popularity and diffusion

Obitim is the 5,057,639th most commonly used last name throughout the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 485,836,394 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Obitim live; 93 percent live in West Africa and 93 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa.

The surname is most frequently occurring in Nigeria, where it is carried by 14 people, or 1 in 12,653,054. In Nigeria it is most frequent in: Cross River, where 79 percent are found and Abia, where 21 percent are found. Barring Nigeria this surname occurs in one country. It also occurs in Cameroon, where 7 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Obisim8311/
Ebitim837/
Abitim832/
Obitin831/
Obitina771/
Aboitim771/
Obidtion710/
Obetem67130/
Abitin6719/
Obetin673/
Abitem673/
Abetim671/
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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 Obitim
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