Surname أوبي (Obi 
, Obey 
, Obie ) , in the world, is a widespread cognomen. The surname أوبي is characteristic of Sub-Saharan Africa, particularly Nigeria, where it is quite a common surname, Cameroon, and Ghana, where it is quite a rare surname. Not in comparison with a country's population, the name is most common in Sub-Saharan Africa, particularly Nigeria, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and Cameroon. Likewise, أوبي is the forename as well as the last name.