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
The last name Obuje occurs in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It may be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Obuje? popularity and diffusion
Obuje is the 1,125,333rd most commonly held last name worldwide, borne by approximately 1 in 33,895,562 people. The surname Obuje is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Obuje live; 85 percent live in West Africa and 85 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 1,744,716th most widely held first name internationally. It is borne by 35 people.
It is most prevalent in Nigeria, where it is borne by 183 people, or 1 in 967,993. In Nigeria Obuje is primarily concentrated in: Benue, where 41 percent are found, Nasarawa, where 30 percent are found and Federal Capital Territory, where 7 percent are found. Beside Nigeria this surname is found in one country. It also occurs 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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