Obobolo Surname

1,558,593rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 132 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Obobolo Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Obobolo Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria1311:1,352,23553,045
Congo11:4,989,09634,171

Obobolo Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Obobolo Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Obobolo is more commonly found in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It may also appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Obobolo click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Obobolo? popularity and diffusion

It is the 1,558,593rd most commonly held family name internationally, borne by approximately 1 in 55,208,681 people. Obobolo occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Obobolo reside; 99 percent reside in West Africa and 99 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa.

The last name is most commonly used in Nigeria, where it is held by 131 people, or 1 in 1,352,235. In Nigeria it is mostly concentrated in: Delta, where 56 percent live, Ogun, where 18 percent live and Lagos, where 10 percent live. Outside of Nigeria Obobolo occurs in one country. It also occurs in The Congo, where 1 percent live.

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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 Obobolo
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