Obvious Surname
Approximately 154 people bear this surname
Obvious Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malawi | 131 | 1:130,680 | 14,293 |
| Botswana | 22 | 1:99,406 | 15,343 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
Obvious (8,436) may also be a first name.
Obvious Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Obvious Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Obvious is borne by more people in Malawi than any other country/territory. It can be found as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Obvious? popularity and diffusion
Obvious is the 1,409,418th most numerous family name on earth. It is borne by approximately 1 in 47,321,727 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Obvious reside; 99 percent reside in Southern Africa and 99 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 68,660th most frequent first name world-wide, borne by 8,436 people.
This surname is most frequently occurring in Malawi, where it is held by 131 people, or 1 in 130,680. Beside Malawi Obvious occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in Botswana, where 14 percent reside and Uganda, where 1 percent reside.
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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 Obvious
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