Obolo Surname
Approximately 2,838 people bear this surname
Obolo Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 2,138 | 1:82,854 | 5,850 |
| Gabon | 253 | 1:7,467 | 1,394 |
| Cameroon | 204 | 1:101,809 | 12,019 |
| Uganda | 89 | 1:438,644 | 26,475 |
| Congo | 63 | 1:79,192 | 6,869 |
| DR Congo | 48 | 1:1,539,158 | 86,567 |
| Argentina | 17 | 1:2,514,318 | 114,515 |
| France | 9 | 1:7,380,302 | 306,885 |
| Kenya | 4 | 1:11,544,975 | 62,419 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| Papua New Guinea | 3 | 1:2,717,906 | 153,458 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Lebanon | 1 | 1:5,637,083 | 32,436 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
Obolo (190) may also be a first name.
Obolo Demographics
Obolo Religious Adherence
in Nigeria
Religious Adherence
in Nigeria
Obolo Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Obolo Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Obolo is borne by more people in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It can also be found as:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Obolo? popularity and diffusion
The last name Obolo is the 154,659th most numerous surname at a global level, held by around 1 in 2,567,846 people. Obolo occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Obolo reside; 75 percent reside in West Africa and 75 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Obolo is also the 659,352nd most frequently occurring forename world-wide It is held by 190 people.
The last name is most frequent in Nigeria, where it is carried by 2,138 people, or 1 in 82,854. In Nigeria it is primarily found in: Ondo, where 54 percent live, Lagos, where 13 percent live and Bayelsa, where 13 percent live. Excluding Nigeria Obolo occurs in 17 countries. It also occurs in Gabon, where 9 percent live and Cameroon, where 7 percent live.
Obolo Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those bearing the surname is principally Christian (100%) in Nigeria.
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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 Obolo
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