Obongha Surname
Approximately 3,424 people bear this surname
Obongha Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 3,421 | 1:51,781 | 3,969 |
| Northern Cyprus | 1 | 1:319,011 | 10,202 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Obongha (970) may also be a first name.
Obongha Demographics
Obongha Religious Adherence
in Nigeria
Religious Adherence
in Nigeria
Obongha Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Obongha Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Obongha occurs more in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It may also occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Obongha? popularity and diffusion
The surname Obongha is the 131,926th most frequently occurring family name globally, borne by around 1 in 2,128,372 people. The last name Obongha occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Obongha live; 100 percent live in West Africa and 100 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 258,826th most frequently held first name throughout the world, held by 970 people.
The last name is most frequent in Nigeria, where it is held by 3,421 people, or 1 in 51,781. In Nigeria Obongha is most prevalent in: Cross River, where 87 percent reside, Lagos, where 3 percent reside and Rivers, where 2 percent reside. Barring Nigeria it is found in 3 countries. It also occurs in Northern Cyprus, where 0 percent reside and Uganda, where 0 percent reside.
Obongha Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those holding the surname is primarily Christian (96%) in Nigeria.
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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 Obongha
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