Oboko Surname
Approximately 1,930 people bear this surname
Oboko Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 1,091 | 1:162,367 | 10,166 |
| Uganda | 572 | 1:68,250 | 7,643 |
| Kenya | 170 | 1:271,646 | 17,921 |
| Papua New Guinea | 54 | 1:150,995 | 20,848 |
| England | 17 | 1:3,277,533 | 109,658 |
| Cameroon | 11 | 1:1,888,097 | 98,267 |
| Netherlands | 5 | 1:3,377,435 | 111,911 |
| Liberia | 2 | 1:2,204,268 | 40,131 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Congo | 1 | 1:4,989,096 | 34,171 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| South Sudan | 1 | 1:11,415,076 | 3,182 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Sudan | 1 | 1:37,510,195 | 14,259 |
| Togo | 1 | 1:7,247,768 | 12,049 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Oboko (159) may also be a first name.
Oboko Demographics
Oboko Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Oboko Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Oboko Come From? nationality or country of origin
Oboko is most common in Nigeria. It can also be rendered as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Oboko? popularity and diffusion
The last name Oboko is the 213,360th most commonly held last name world-wide, held by around 1 in 3,775,931 people. It is primarily found in Africa, where 96 percent of Oboko live; 57 percent live in West Africa and 57 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Oboko is also the 727,628th most commonly held forename in the world, held by 159 people.
The last name is most commonly held in Nigeria, where it is held by 1,091 people, or 1 in 162,367. In Nigeria it is mostly found in: Delta, where 28 percent reside, Enugu, where 20 percent reside and Ebonyi, where 10 percent reside. Other than Nigeria Oboko is found in 15 countries. It also occurs in Uganda, where 30 percent reside and Kenya, where 9 percent reside.
Oboko Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those bearing the surname is predominantly Christian (100%) in Kenya.
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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 Oboko
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