Owobiyi Surname
Approximately 36 people bear this surname
Owobiyi Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 32 | 1:5,535,711 | 139,404 |
| Scotland | 3 | 1:1,784,606 | 41,943 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
Owobiyi (15) may also be a first name.
Owobiyi Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Owobiyi Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Owobiyi is most common in Nigeria. It can also appear as:. For other possible spellings of Owobiyi click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Owobiyi? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 3,274,477th most commonly held surname internationally, held by approximately 1 in 202,431,831 people. The last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 89 percent of Owobiyi are found; 89 percent are found in West Africa and 89 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Owobiyi is also the 2,900,335th most frequently held first name world-wide It is held by 15 people.
Owobiyi is most commonly used in Nigeria, where it is held by 32 people, or 1 in 5,535,711. In Nigeria it is most numerous in: Lagos, where 69 percent are found, Ogun, where 19 percent are found and Delta, where 3 percent are found. Apart from Nigeria this surname exists in 2 countries. It is also common in Scotland, where 8 percent are found and England, where 3 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
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- 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 Owobiyi
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