Oboba Surname
Approximately 1,316 people bear this surname
Oboba Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 737 | 1:240,357 | 13,958 |
| Congo | 555 | 1:8,989 | 1,288 |
| France | 16 | 1:4,151,420 | 237,746 |
| England | 3 | 1:18,572,686 | 338,250 |
| Burkina Faso | 1 | 1:18,352,100 | 30,051 |
| Georgia | 1 | 1:3,745,545 | 47,852 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Lebanon | 1 | 1:5,637,083 | 32,436 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
Oboba (11) may also be a first name.
Oboba Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Oboba Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Oboba is more frequently found in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It can also occur as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Oboba click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Oboba? popularity and diffusion
It is the 290,856th most widespread family name worldwide, held by around 1 in 5,537,649 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 98 percent of Oboba live; 56 percent live in West Africa and 56 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 3,487,849th most widespread first name internationally, held by 11 people.
Oboba is most widespread in Nigeria, where it is held by 737 people, or 1 in 240,357. In Nigeria it is most common in: Delta, where 68 percent are found, Lagos, where 8 percent are found and Edo, where 5 percent are found. Without taking into account Nigeria this last name is found in 8 countries. It is also found in The Congo, where 42 percent are found and France, where 1 percent are found.
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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 Oboba
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