Obako Surname
Approximately 345 people bear this surname
Obako Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Japan | 121 | 1:1,056,564 | 20,605 |
| DR Congo | 116 | 1:636,893 | 47,292 |
| Nigeria | 83 | 1:2,134,250 | 73,634 |
| Uganda | 13 | 1:3,003,021 | 81,551 |
| Papua New Guinea | 8 | 1:1,019,215 | 101,897 |
| Kenya | 3 | 1:15,393,300 | 77,493 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
Obako (31) may also be a first name.
Obako Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Obako Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Obako is found most frequently in Japan. It may also be found in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Obako? popularity and diffusion
The last name Obako is the 809,613th most commonly used last name on earth, held by around 1 in 21,123,321 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 63 percent of Obako reside; 35 percent reside in East Asia and 35 percent reside in Nippono-Asia. It is also the 1,874,099th most common first name on earth It is held by 31 people.
The last name is most commonly held in Japan, where it is held by 121 people, or 1 in 1,056,564. In Japan Obako is most frequent in: Ishikawa Prefecture, where 43 percent reside, Toyama Prefecture, where 34 percent reside and Hokkaido Prefecture, where 15 percent reside. Not including Japan this surname exists in 6 countries. It is also common in The DR Congo, where 34 percent reside and Nigeria, where 24 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 Obako
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