Oboyi Surname
Approximately 730 people bear this surname
Oboyi Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 621 | 1:285,254 | 16,072 |
| Uganda | 72 | 1:542,212 | 30,029 |
| DR Congo | 34 | 1:2,172,929 | 106,971 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
Oboyi (99) may also be a first name.
Oboyi Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Oboyi Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Oboyi occurs more in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It can be found as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Oboyi? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 462,174th most frequently used surname globally. It is borne by around 1 in 9,982,940 people. The surname is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Oboyi reside; 85 percent reside in West Africa and 85 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Oboyi is also the 951,070th most widely held given name on earth It is held by 99 people.
This last name is most frequently used in Nigeria, where it is held by 621 people, or 1 in 285,254. In Nigeria it is most numerous in: Benue, where 50 percent are found, Cross River, where 10 percent are found and Lagos, where 8 percent are found. Excluding Nigeria this surname occurs in 5 countries. It is also found in Uganda, where 10 percent are found and The DR Congo, where 5 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 Oboyi
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