Oboshi Surname
Approximately 1,755 people bear this surname
Oboshi Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 1,747 | 1:101,398 | 6,881 |
| Japan | 5 | 1:25,568,859 | 50,629 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
Oboshi (356) may also be a first name.
Oboshi Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Oboshi Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Oboshi is held by more people in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It may also be found as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Oboshi? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 230,517th most commonly used family name internationally It is held by approximately 1 in 4,152,448 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Oboshi live; 100 percent live in West Africa and 100 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Oboshi is also the 461,707th most frequently held given name worldwide It is held by 356 people.
The surname is most common in Nigeria, where it is borne by 1,747 people, or 1 in 101,398. In Nigeria it is most prevalent in: Nasarawa, where 85 percent reside, Kano, where 5 percent reside and Ebonyi, where 4 percent reside. Other than Nigeria this last name occurs in 3 countries. It also occurs in Japan, where 0 percent reside and The United States, where 0 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 Oboshi
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