Obla Surname
Approximately 1,639 people bear this surname
Obla Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 1,409 | 1:125,722 | 8,241 |
| Ivory Coast | 121 | 1:190,671 | 8,308 |
| India | 41 | 1:18,708,912 | 282,725 |
| United States | 30 | 1:12,081,964 | 463,456 |
| England | 16 | 1:3,482,379 | 114,324 |
| Iraq | 4 | 1:8,755,414 | 23,373 |
| Morocco | 4 | 1:8,619,025 | 73,251 |
| Taiwan | 3 | 1:7,814,915 | 41,694 |
| Thailand | 2 | 1:35,319,172 | 966,191 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
| Argentina | 1 | 1:42,743,414 | 282,706 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
Obla (481) may also be a first name.
Obla Demographics
Obla Religious Adherence
in Nigeria
Religious Adherence
in Nigeria
Obla Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Obla Come From? nationality or country of origin
Obla (Hindi: ओबला) is found in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Obla? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 243,312th most commonly held surname throughout the world, borne by around 1 in 4,446,337 people. The surname Obla is mostly found in Africa, where 92 percent of Obla live; 92 percent live in West Africa and 92 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 387,696th most widely held given name in the world. It is borne by 481 people.
This last name is most commonly held in Nigeria, where it is borne by 1,409 people, or 1 in 125,722. In Nigeria it is most numerous in: Cross River, where 70 percent are found, Lagos, where 7 percent are found and Plateau, where 5 percent are found. Outside of Nigeria this last name is found in 17 countries. It is also found in The Ivory Coast, where 7 percent are found and India, where 3 percent are found.
Obla Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those carrying the surname is primarily Christian (98%) in Nigeria.
In The United States those holding the Obla surname are 6.77% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 60% registered to vote for the political party.
Obla earn somewhat more than the average income. In United States they earn 8.64% more than the national average, earning $46,875 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Obla Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Obla in the Hindi language | ||
| ओबला | obala | - |
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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 Obla
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