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
Obize is borne by more people in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It can also appear as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Obize? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 4,772,636th most commonly occurring family name on earth. It is borne by around 1 in 428,679,172 people. Obize is predominantly found in Africa, where 94 percent of Obize reside; 94 percent reside in West Africa and 94 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
Obize is most frequent in Nigeria, where it is held by 16 people, or 1 in 11,071,422. In Nigeria Obize is mostly concentrated in: Federal Capital Territory, where 44 percent live, Nasarawa, where 19 percent live and Edo, where 6 percent live. Outside of Nigeria this last name is found in one country. It is also found in The United States, where 6 percent live.
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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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