Obuegbe Surname
Approximately 116 people bear this surname
Obuegbe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 113 | 1:1,567,635 | 58,980 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Finland | 1 | 1:5,496,702 | 84,025 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
Obuegbe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Obuegbe Come From? nationality or country of origin
Obuegbe is found in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It may also be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Obuegbe click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Obuegbe? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 1,691,963rd most commonly occurring last name throughout the world, borne by around 1 in 62,823,672 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 98 percent of Obuegbe reside; 97 percent reside in West Africa and 97 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
The surname Obuegbe is most numerous in Nigeria, where it is carried by 113 people, or 1 in 1,567,635. In Nigeria Obuegbe is most prevalent in: Rivers, where 28 percent are found, Abia, where 19 percent are found and Lagos, where 16 percent are found. Outside of Nigeria it exists in 3 countries. It is also found in Brazil, where 1 percent are found and Finland, where 1 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Obugbe | 92 | 5 | / |
| Oshbuegbe | 88 | 2 | / |
| Ofuegbe | 86 | 306 | / |
| Ovuegbe | 86 | 48 | / |
| Obiegbe | 86 | 15 | / |
| Ebuegbe | 86 | 8 | / |
| Obuegba | 86 | 3 | / |
| Obuigbe | 86 | 1 | / |
| Obuegue | 86 | 1 | / |
| Obhugbe | 86 | 1 | / |
| Owhuegbe | 80 | 11 | / |
| Obaiegbe | 80 | 1 | / |
| Abugbe | 77 | 210 | / |
| Ebugbe | 77 | 3 | / |
| Obuekwe | 71 | 277 | / |
| Abiegbe | 71 | 251 | / |
| Oboigbe | 71 | 128 | / |
| Abaegbe | 71 | 27 | / |
| Obaigbe | 71 | 14 | / |
| Ebuigbe | 71 | 3 | / |
| Ofuegba | 71 | 2 | / |
| Obueque | 71 | 1 | / |
| Abuegba | 71 | 1 | / |
| Abeigbe | 71 | 1 | / |
| Abougbe | 71 | 1 | / |
| Obuekue | 71 | 1 | / |
| Abougbeh | 67 | 28 | / |
| Obojagbe | 67 | 18 | / |
| Obeyegba | 67 | 6 | / |
| Obayagbe | 67 | 3 | / |
| Ubwuigbe | 67 | 1 | / |
| Abeyegbe | 67 | 1 | / |
| Oboegbai | 67 | 1 | / |
| Abaiegbe | 67 | 1 | / |
| Abojegbe | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Obuegbe
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