Obiya Surname
Approximately 4,353 people bear this surname
Obiya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 2,763 | 1:64,112 | 4,715 |
| Uganda | 661 | 1:59,061 | 6,887 |
| Japan | 344 | 1:371,640 | 12,389 |
| Kenya | 326 | 1:141,656 | 11,444 |
| Egypt | 122 | 1:753,572 | 38,342 |
| Tanzania | 74 | 1:715,427 | 40,832 |
| Papua New Guinea | 14 | 1:582,408 | 70,330 |
| South Africa | 14 | 1:3,869,836 | 127,494 |
| Philippines | 13 | 1:7,787,556 | 197,164 |
| Congo | 9 | 1:554,344 | 12,633 |
| United States | 6 | 1:60,409,822 | 1,028,827 |
| India | 2 | 1:383,532,691 | 1,645,216 |
| Italy | 2 | 1:30,578,344 | 160,757 |
| Mauritania | 1 | 1:4,094,863 | 38,869 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| Qatar | 1 | 1:2,357,999 | 76,403 |
Obiya (356) may also be a first name.
Obiya Demographics
Obiya Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Obiya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Obiya Come From? nationality or country of origin
Obiya (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺃﺑﻴﺔ, Hindi: ओबीया, Oriya: ଓବିୟା) is more commonly found in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It may also be found in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Obiya? popularity and diffusion
The surname Obiya is the 107,211th most frequently held family name throughout the world It is held by around 1 in 1,674,143 people. The last name Obiya occurs mostly in Africa, where 91 percent of Obiya live; 63 percent live in West Africa and 63 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Obiya is also the 461,707th most widely held given name internationally. It is borne by 356 people.
This last name is most commonly occurring in Nigeria, where it is held by 2,763 people, or 1 in 64,112. In Nigeria it is mostly found in: Ebonyi, where 81 percent live, Nasarawa, where 9 percent live and Lagos, where 2 percent live. Not including Nigeria Obiya is found in 15 countries. It is also common in Uganda, where 15 percent live and Japan, where 8 percent live.
Obiya Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those carrying the Obiya last name is principally Christian (100%) in Kenya.
Obiya earn a lot less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 38.3% less than the national average, earning R 146,616 per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Obiya Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Obiya in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺃﺑﻴﺔ | abyt | - |
| Obiya in the Oriya language | ||
| ଓବିୟା | obiya | - |
| Obiya in the Hindi language | ||
| ओबीया | obiya | 75 |
| ओबिया | obiya | 25 |
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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 Obiya
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