Obodoechi Surname

499,597th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 659 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Obodoechi Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Obodoechi Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria6441:275,06615,610
Denmark101:564,47234,222
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Greece11:11,079,790145,225
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
South Korea11:51,240,2568,015
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Obodoechi (46) may also be a first name.

Obodoechi Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Obodoechi Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Obodoechi occurs in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It may also occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Obodoechi click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Obodoechi? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 499,597th most frequently occurring last name globally, held by approximately 1 in 11,058,492 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 98 percent of Obodoechi reside; 98 percent reside in West Africa and 98 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 1,484,914th most numerous first name in the world, borne by 46 people.

The surname is most commonly used in Nigeria, where it is held by 644 people, or 1 in 275,066. In Nigeria it is most common in: Enugu, where 41 percent reside, Lagos, where 27 percent reside and Abia, where 8 percent reside. Outside of Nigeria Obodoechi occurs in 6 countries. It is also common in Denmark, where 2 percent reside and Germany, where 0 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Obodoechie9524/
Obodooechi951/
Obodochi9429/
Obodechi9422/
Obodochie8911/
Obodaechi892/
Obodeechi892/
Oboodechi891/
Obodoeche891/
Obodoezi825/
Obodoeshihe802/
Obodoezeh7819/
Obodoezie781/
Obodoeze711,040/
Abadechi714/
Obadeikhi6718/
Oboudouissi601/
Abedachi591/
Ebhodache565/

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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
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  • 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 Obodoechi
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