Obiyo Surname
Approximately 3,303 people bear this surname
Obiyo Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 3,206 | 1:55,254 | 4,196 |
| Uganda | 42 | 1:929,507 | 41,540 |
| United States | 22 | 1:16,475,406 | 557,260 |
| Kenya | 18 | 1:2,565,550 | 37,160 |
| Papua New Guinea | 6 | 1:1,358,953 | 118,663 |
| England | 3 | 1:18,572,686 | 338,250 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Cyprus | 1 | 1:884,876 | 13,055 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
Obiyo (116) may also be a first name.
Obiyo Demographics
Obiyo Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Obiyo Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Obiyo Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Obiyo (Oriya: ଅବିୟ) is carried by more people in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It can be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Obiyo? popularity and diffusion
The last name Obiyo is the 135,976th most commonly occurring family name on a worldwide basis It is held by approximately 1 in 2,206,341 people. The surname Obiyo is mostly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Obiyo reside; 97 percent reside in West Africa and 97 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 868,627th most frequent first name worldwide, borne by 116 people.
The surname Obiyo is most frequently used in Nigeria, where it is carried by 3,206 people, or 1 in 55,254. In Nigeria Obiyo is most common in: Imo, where 61 percent are found, Anambra, where 8 percent are found and Abia, where 5 percent are found. Other than Nigeria it exists in 11 countries. It is also common in Uganda, where 1 percent are found and The United States, where 1 percent are found.
Obiyo Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those holding the Obiyo surname is principally Christian (100%) in Kenya and Christian (97%) in Nigeria.
In The United States those bearing the Obiyo last name are 33.23% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 80% being registered with the party.
Obiyo earn a lot less than the average income. In United States they earn 39.16% less than the national average, earning $26,250 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Obiyo Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Obiyo in the Oriya language | ||
| ଅବିୟ | abiya | - |
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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 Obiyo
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