Obale Surname
Approximately 2,071 people bear this surname
Obale Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uganda | 455 | 1:85,801 | 9,029 |
| Benin | 404 | 1:25,583 | 3,434 |
| Somalia | 392 | 1:34,316 | 1,714 |
| Nigeria | 383 | 1:462,514 | 23,465 |
| India | 152 | 1:5,046,483 | 126,094 |
| Congo | 83 | 1:60,110 | 5,403 |
| DR Congo | 82 | 1:900,970 | 60,382 |
| Cameroon | 57 | 1:364,370 | 32,302 |
| Papua New Guinea | 19 | 1:429,143 | 55,452 |
| England | 14 | 1:3,979,861 | 125,553 |
| Ivory Coast | 8 | 1:2,883,904 | 43,419 |
| Kenya | 6 | 1:7,696,650 | 52,907 |
| Sudan | 4 | 1:9,377,549 | 8,207 |
| Tanzania | 3 | 1:17,647,204 | 107,932 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Gabon | 1 | 1:1,889,194 | 6,814 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| Finland | 1 | 1:5,496,702 | 84,025 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Burkina Faso | 1 | 1:18,352,100 | 30,051 |
The alternate forms: Obalé (2) are calculated separately.
Obale (126) may also be a first name.
Obale Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Obale Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Obale (Marathi: ओबळे) occurs in Uganda more than any other country/territory. It can also occur as: Obalé. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Obale? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 201,348th most commonly used last name at a global level, borne by approximately 1 in 3,518,854 people. The surname Obale is primarily found in Africa, where 91 percent of Obale reside; 41 percent reside in East Africa and 38 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Obale is also the 829,183rd most widespread forename internationally, borne by 126 people.
The last name is most frequently used in Uganda, where it is carried by 455 people, or 1 in 85,801. In Uganda Obale is primarily concentrated in: Arua District, where 25 percent are found, Soroti District, where 9 percent are found and Serere District, where 9 percent are found. Aside from Uganda this last name occurs in 21 countries. It is also common in Benin, where 20 percent are found and Somalia, where 19 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Obale Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Obale in the Marathi language | ||
| ओबळे | obale | 62.43 |
| ऑबळे | obale | 14.81 |
| ओबले | obale | 10.05 |
| ओबाळे | obale | 8.47 |
| बाळू | balu | 1.06 |
| ओबाऴे | obale | 1.06 |
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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 Obale
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