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
The surname Obochi is borne by more people in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It may be rendered as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of Obochi.
How Common Is The Last Name Obochi? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 181,232nd most commonly held surname world-wide, borne by around 1 in 3,102,404 people. The last name is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Obochi are found; 99 percent are found in West Africa and 99 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Obochi is also the 484,112th most commonly used forename at a global level. It is borne by 328 people.
The surname is most frequently held in Nigeria, where it is held by 2,324 people, or 1 in 76,223. In Nigeria Obochi is most prevalent in: Benue, where 47 percent are found, Kaduna, where 8 percent are found and Kogi, where 7 percent are found. Apart from Nigeria it exists in 9 countries. It is also found in Uganda, where 0 percent are found and Kenya, where 0 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 Obochi
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