Anobo Surname
Approximately 322 people bear this surname
Anobo Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 311 | 1:66,782 | 8,434 |
| Nigeria | 4 | 1:44,285,690 | 437,567 |
| Papua New Guinea | 3 | 1:2,717,906 | 153,458 |
| Philippines | 3 | 1:33,746,074 | 302,898 |
| Solomon Islands | 1 | 1:580,029 | 22,243 |
Anobo (18) may also be a first name.
Anobo Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Anobo Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Anobo is found most frequently in Cameroon. It can also appear as:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Anobo? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 849,693rd most widely held last name worldwide It is held by approximately 1 in 22,632,130 people. The last name is mostly found in Africa, where 98 percent of Anobo reside; 96 percent reside in Central Africa and 79 percent reside in Adamawa-Ubangian Africa. Anobo is also the 2,608,198th most commonly held first name worldwide, borne by 18 people.
The surname Anobo is most commonly used in Cameroon, where it is carried by 311 people, or 1 in 66,782. In Cameroon it is primarily concentrated in: East Region, where 81 percent live, Centre Region, where 14 percent live and South Region, where 5 percent live. Not including Cameroon this surname occurs in 4 countries. It is also found in Nigeria, where 1 percent live and Papua New Guinea, 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 Anobo
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