Okobah Surname
Approximately 112 people bear this surname
Okobah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 105 | 1:1,687,074 | 62,154 |
| United States | 7 | 1:51,779,848 | 968,877 |
Okobah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Okobah Come From? nationality or country of origin
Okobah occurs more in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Okobah? popularity and diffusion
It is the 1,727,723rd most numerous family name worldwide. It is borne by around 1 in 65,067,374 people. The last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 94 percent of Okobah live; 94 percent live in West Africa and 94 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
This surname is most frequently occurring in Nigeria, where it is borne by 105 people, or 1 in 1,687,074. In Nigeria Okobah is most common in: Delta, where 66 percent reside, Lagos, where 26 percent reside and Akwa Ibom, where 1 percent reside. Other than Nigeria this last name is found in one country. It is also found in The United States, where 6 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 Okobah
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