Obozua Surname

1,465,390th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 145 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Obozua Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Obozua Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria1201:1,476,19056,575
England231:2,422,52489,093
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Obozua (24) may also be a first name.

Obozua Last Name Facts

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

The surname Obozua is borne by more people in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Obozua? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 1,465,390th most prevalent last name on earth, borne by approximately 1 in 50,258,937 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 83 percent of Obozua live; 83 percent live in West Africa and 83 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Obozua is also the 2,187,323rd most frequently held first name in the world, held by 24 people.

It is most numerous in Nigeria, where it is carried by 120 people, or 1 in 1,476,190. In Nigeria it is mostly concentrated in: Edo, where 55 percent are found, Delta, where 23 percent are found and Kaduna, where 7 percent are found. Excluding Nigeria Obozua exists in 3 countries. It also occurs in England, where 16 percent are found and South Africa, where 1 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Obozuaa921/
Obazua8315/
Obozwa833/
Obuzua831/
Abozua831/
Obazuae7727/
Abozuad774/
Obazuay771/
Gobozva771/
Obazuayi711/
Obasua6741/
Obojuo6737/
Abezua6727/
Abazua6723/
Obazwa674/
Ebezua673/
Obesua672/
Abuzua671/
Obuzuo671/
Abozwa671/
Obazuo671/

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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 Obozua
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