Obalum Surname
Approximately 269 people bear this surname
Obalum Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 265 | 1:668,463 | 31,178 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Qatar | 1 | 1:2,357,999 | 76,403 |
Obalum (28) may also be a first name.
Obalum Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Obalum Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Obalum is most common in Nigeria. It can occur in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Obalum? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 966,131st most frequently held family name throughout the world It is held by around 1 in 27,091,249 people. This last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Obalum are found; 99 percent are found in West Africa and 99 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Obalum is also the 1,994,417th most common forename internationally, held by 28 people.
It is most frequent in Nigeria, where it is borne by 265 people, or 1 in 668,463. In Nigeria it is primarily concentrated in: Niger, where 15 percent live, Federal Capital Territory, where 14 percent live and Abia, where 13 percent live. Outside of Nigeria Obalum occurs in 4 countries. It also occurs in Australia, where 0 percent live and England, where 0 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oballum | 92 | 11 | / |
| Owalum | 83 | 669 | / |
| Abalum | 83 | 61 | / |
| Obalun | 83 | 2 | / |
| Obalom | 83 | 1 | / |
| Ebalum | 83 | 1 | / |
| Ubalaum | 77 | 16 | / |
| Habalum | 77 | 3 | / |
| Abalume | 77 | 1 | / |
| Abalumh | 77 | 1 | / |
| Oboluim | 77 | 1 | / |
| Obalohun | 71 | 30 | / |
| Abalumhe | 71 | 7 | / |
| Ohbhalom | 71 | 1 | / |
| Ebolum | 67 | 146 | / |
| Ubolum | 67 | 15 | / |
| Abalun | 67 | 4 | / |
| Abalom | 67 | 2 | / |
| Owolum | 67 | 1 | / |
| Abhalumhe | 67 | 1 | / |
| Obalon | 67 | 1 | / |
| Obolom | 67 | 1 | / |
| Owalom | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Obalum
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