Obochi Surname
Approximately 2,349 people bear this surname
Obochi Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 2,324 | 1:76,223 | 5,456 |
| Uganda | 8 | 1:4,879,910 | 106,546 |
| Kenya | 6 | 1:7,696,650 | 52,907 |
| England | 3 | 1:18,572,686 | 338,250 |
| Malaysia | 2 | 1:14,747,112 | 316,340 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Afghanistan | 1 | 1:32,153,183 | 60,828 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Northern Cyprus | 1 | 1:319,011 | 10,202 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
Obochi (328) may also be a first name.
Obochi Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Obochi Come From? nationality or country of origin
Obochi is more frequently found in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It can be found in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Obochi? popularity and diffusion
The last name Obochi is the 181,232nd most numerous family name at a global level It is held by approximately 1 in 3,102,404 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Obochi reside; 99 percent reside in West Africa and 99 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Obochi is also the 484,112th most prevalent first name in the world, borne by 328 people.
The last name Obochi is most frequently used in Nigeria, where it is held by 2,324 people, or 1 in 76,223. In Nigeria it is mostly concentrated in: Benue, where 47 percent live, Kaduna, where 8 percent live and Kogi, where 7 percent live. Barring Nigeria this last name exists in 9 countries. It is also common in Uganda, where 0 percent live and Kenya, where 0 percent live.
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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 Obochi
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