Obuza Surname
Approximately 135 people bear this surname
Obuza Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 108 | 1:1,640,211 | 60,875 |
| Philippines | 24 | 1:4,218,259 | 160,165 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Iran | 1 | 1:76,782,524 | 277,718 |
Obuza Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Obuza Come From? nationality or country of origin
Obuza is held by more people in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It may also be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Obuza? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 1,537,949th most frequently held family name on a global scale, held by around 1 in 53,981,822 people. The surname Obuza occurs mostly in Africa, where 80 percent of Obuza live; 80 percent live in West Africa and 80 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
The last name Obuza is most frequently used in Nigeria, where it is held by 108 people, or 1 in 1,640,211. In Nigeria Obuza is most numerous in: Bayelsa, where 86 percent live, Rivers, where 6 percent live and Lagos, where 4 percent live. Other than Nigeria this surname exists in 3 countries. It is also common in The Philippines, where 18 percent live and The United States, where 1 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
- 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 Obuza
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