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
Obalum occurs in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It may also be found as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Obalum click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Obalum? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 966,131st most numerous family name on a worldwide basis, borne by approximately 1 in 27,091,249 people. The surname Obalum occurs predominantly 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. It is also the 1,994,417th most frequent forename at a global level, held by 28 people.
This surname is most frequently held in Nigeria, where it is carried by 265 people, or 1 in 668,463. In Nigeria Obalum is mostly found in: Niger, where 15 percent are found, Federal Capital Territory, where 14 percent are found and Abia, where 13 percent are found. Besides Nigeria this last name occurs in 4 countries. It also occurs in Australia, where 0 percent are found and England, where 0 percent are found.
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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