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 occurs more in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It may occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Obji? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 3,957,383rd most commonly held surname on a worldwide basis, borne by around 1 in 291,501,837 people. This last name 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.
This last name is most frequently held in Nigeria, where it is held by 21 people, or 1 in 8,435,369. In Nigeria it is mostly concentrated in: Cross River, where 52 percent are found, Ebonyi, where 33 percent are found and Lagos, where 10 percent are found. Besides Nigeria Obji 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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