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) occurs more in Gabon more than any other country or territory. It can be rendered as a variant: Obamé. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Obame? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 28,128th most frequently used last name on earth It is held by approximately 1 in 381,287 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Obame live; 99 percent live in Central Africa and 95 percent live in Central Bantu Africa. Obame is also the 366,022nd most common first name throughout the world. It is borne by 531 people.
It is most widespread in Gabon, where it is borne by 17,581 people, or 1 in 107. Excluding Gabon this surname is found in 25 countries. It is also common in Cameroon, where 6 percent live and France, where 1 percent live.
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
- 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 Obame
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