Obame Surname
Approximately 19,113 people bear this surname
Obame Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gabon | 17,581 | 1:107 | 10 |
| Cameroon | 1,196 | 1:17,365 | 2,373 |
| France | 156 | 1:425,787 | 61,887 |
| Congo | 98 | 1:50,909 | 4,665 |
| United States | 29 | 1:12,498,584 | 473,286 |
| Ghana | 9 | 1:3,002,299 | 11,581 |
| Nigeria | 8 | 1:22,142,845 | 310,552 |
| South Africa | 7 | 1:7,739,672 | 177,858 |
| England | 6 | 1:9,286,343 | 223,652 |
| Burkina Faso | 3 | 1:6,117,367 | 22,156 |
| Benin | 2 | 1:5,167,801 | 84,334 |
| China | 2 | 1:683,660,783 | 30,601 |
| Canada | 2 | 1:18,422,796 | 409,488 |
| Belgium | 2 | 1:5,748,322 | 130,559 |
| Colombia | 1 | 1:47,774,072 | 44,230 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| Senegal | 1 | 1:14,579,342 | 11,705 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| Ukraine | 1 | 1:45,522,696 | 503,646 |
The alternate forms: Obamé (1) are calculated separately.
Obame (531) may also be a first name.
Obame Demographics
Average Obame Salary in
United States
$46,125 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Obame Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Obame Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Obame (Russian: Обаме) is more commonly found in Gabon than any other country or territory. It may appear as: Obamé. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Obame? popularity and diffusion
Obame is the 28,128th most commonly occurring last name internationally, held by around 1 in 381,287 people. The surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Obame reside; 99 percent reside in Central Africa and 95 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 366,022nd most numerous first name in the world, held by 531 people.
The last name Obame is most frequently occurring in Gabon, where it is borne by 17,581 people, or 1 in 107. Beside Gabon this last name exists in 25 countries. It is also common in Cameroon, where 6 percent reside and France, where 1 percent reside.
Obame Last Name Statistics demography
Obame earn somewhat more than the average income. In United States they earn 6.9% more than the national average, earning $46,125 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Obame Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Obame in the Russian language | ||
| Обаме | obame | - |
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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 Obame
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