Obobi Surname
Approximately 662 people bear this surname
Obobi Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ghana | 485 | 1:55,713 | 5,980 |
| Nigeria | 114 | 1:1,553,884 | 58,636 |
| DR Congo | 34 | 1:2,172,929 | 106,971 |
| Togo | 9 | 1:805,308 | 6,372 |
| Uganda | 6 | 1:6,506,546 | 123,710 |
| Congo | 5 | 1:997,819 | 17,129 |
| United States | 4 | 1:90,614,733 | 1,198,479 |
| Sweden | 2 | 1:4,923,378 | 241,212 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
Obobi (31) may also be a first name.
Obobi Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Obobi Come From? nationality or country of origin
Obobi occurs in Ghana more than any other country/territory. It can appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Obobi? popularity and diffusion
It is the 497,847th most commonly used surname throughout the world, held by around 1 in 11,008,378 people. This surname is primarily found in Africa, where 99 percent of Obobi live; 92 percent live in West Africa and 92 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 1,874,099th most widely held first name at a global level It is held by 31 people.
The last name is most common in Ghana, where it is held by 485 people, or 1 in 55,713. Not including Ghana it occurs in 10 countries. It is also common in Nigeria, where 17 percent reside and The DR Congo, where 5 percent reside.
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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 Obobi
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