Obize Surname
Approximately 17 people bear this surname
Obize Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 16 | 1:11,071,422 | 210,388 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Obize Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Obize Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Obize is borne by more people in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It can occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Obize? popularity and diffusion
It is the 4,772,636th most widely held surname internationally. It is borne by around 1 in 428,679,172 people. The last name Obize occurs mostly in Africa, where 94 percent of Obize are found; 94 percent are found in West Africa and 94 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
The surname is most frequently held in Nigeria, where it is borne by 16 people, or 1 in 11,071,422. In Nigeria Obize is most prevalent in: Federal Capital Territory, where 44 percent reside, Nasarawa, where 19 percent reside and Edo, where 6 percent reside. Aside from Nigeria this surname is found in one country. It is also found in The United States, where 6 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 Obize
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