Obuje Surname
Approximately 215 people bear this surname
Obuje Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 183 | 1:967,993 | 41,230 |
| Uganda | 32 | 1:1,219,977 | 48,798 |
Obuje (35) may also be a first name.
Obuje Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Obuje Come From? nationality or country of origin
Obuje is found in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It can occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Obuje click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Obuje? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 1,125,333rd most frequently occurring family name on a worldwide basis It is held by around 1 in 33,895,562 people. Obuje is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Obuje reside; 85 percent reside in West Africa and 85 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 1,744,716th most commonly used first name worldwide, borne by 35 people.
It is most commonly used in Nigeria, where it is held by 183 people, or 1 in 967,993. In Nigeria Obuje is mostly found in: Benue, where 41 percent are found, Nasarawa, where 30 percent are found and Federal Capital Territory, where 7 percent are found. Barring Nigeria this surname occurs in one country. It is also found in Uganda, where 15 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 Obuje
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