Obj Surname

4,532,898th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 19 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Singapore

Obj Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Obj Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria121:14,761,896248,185
Thailand41:17,659,586685,799
India21:383,532,6911,645,216
Singapore11:5,507,70347,049

Obj (54) may also be a first name.

Obj Last Name Facts

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

Obj occurs more in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of Obj.

How Common Is The Last Name Obj? popularity and diffusion

Obj is the 4,532,898th most commonly occurring last name internationally It is held by around 1 in 383,555,048 people. The last name Obj is primarily found in Africa, where 63 percent of Obj are found; 63 percent are found in West Africa and 63 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 1,350,955th most commonly occurring first name globally, borne by 54 people.

The surname is most widespread in Nigeria, where it is borne by 12 people, or 1 in 14,761,896. In Nigeria it is most frequent in: Kwara, where 50 percent live, Akwa Ibom, where 33 percent live and Nasarawa, where 8 percent live. Barring Nigeria this surname occurs in 3 countries. It also occurs in Thailand, where 21 percent live and India, where 11 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Obaj8638/
Obej866/
Gobj863/
Obje863/
Ojbj862/
Objj862/
Otbj861/
Oibj861/
Obij861/
Obije75405/
Obaja75311/
Hobaj7595/
Gobij7529/
Gobej754/
Obeij754/
Obaij752/
Obxjs751/
Obajj751/
Oibej751/
Obuhj751/
Hobje751/
Obi67338,737/
Oba67131,979/
Obe6724,149/
Oby67871/
Obs67174/
Goubej6758/
Abj6733/
Obc6725/
Ebj6713/
Obé6712/
Ovj675/
Obz675/
Oboaja675/
Goobej674/
Owj674/
Obujje673/
Obá673/
Obeije673/
Obgaja673/
Obx673/
Ubj673/
Hobeij672/
Obaaja672/
Gobhuj672/
Ojbaja671/
Houbaj671/
Obajje671/
Obaije671/
Gobaja671/

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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 Obj
  • To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on Family​Search, My​Heritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis