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
Oboyi is most common in Nigeria. It can be rendered as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Oboyi? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 462,174th most common last name on a worldwide basis It is held by approximately 1 in 9,982,940 people. The last name Oboyi 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 commonly used first name at a global level, borne by 99 people.
The surname Oboyi is most prevalent in Nigeria, where it is borne by 621 people, or 1 in 285,254. In Nigeria Oboyi is primarily found in: Benue, where 50 percent live, Cross River, where 10 percent live and Lagos, where 8 percent live. Aside from Nigeria this surname is found in 5 countries. It is also found in Uganda, where 10 percent live and The DR Congo, where 5 percent live.
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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 Oboyi
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