Obji Surname
Approximately 25 people bear this surname
Obji Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 21 | 1:8,435,369 | 179,591 |
| Thailand | 2 | 1:35,319,172 | 966,191 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Obji Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Obji Come From? nationality or country of origin
Obji has its highest incidence in Nigeria. It can be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Obji? popularity and diffusion
The surname Obji is the 3,957,383rd most widespread last name throughout the world It is held by approximately 1 in 291,501,837 people. The surname Obji is predominantly found in Africa, where 88 percent of Obji are found; 84 percent are found in West Africa and 84 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
Obji is most frequent in Nigeria, where it is borne by 21 people, or 1 in 8,435,369. In Nigeria it is most common in: Cross River, where 52 percent are found, Ebonyi, where 33 percent are found and Lagos, where 10 percent are found. Without taking into account Nigeria this last name is found in 3 countries. It is also common in Thailand, where 8 percent are found and South Africa, where 4 percent are found.
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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 Obji
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