Oblige Surname
Approximately 5 people bear this surname
Oblige Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jamaica | 1 | 1:2,869,947 | 13,896 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 3 | 1:16,739,561 | 595,711 |
Oblige (16) may also be a first name.
Oblige Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Oblige Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Oblige is found most frequently in Jamaica. It can also be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Oblige? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 8,193,072nd most common family name on a global scale It is held by around 1 in 1,457,509,183 people. Oblige is predominantly found in The Americas, where 40 percent of Oblige are found; 20 percent are found in West Africa and 20 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 2,786,762nd most prevalent first name at a global level It is held by 16 people.
The surname is most widespread in Jamaica, where it is borne by 1 people, or 1 in 2,869,947. In Jamaica Oblige is most numerous in: Surrey County, where 100 percent live. Besides Jamaica Oblige occurs in 4 countries. It also occurs in Nigeria, where 20 percent live and Russia, where 20 percent live.
Oblige Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Oblige has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Oblige surname fell 67 percent between 1880 and 2014.
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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 Oblige
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