Obolor Surname

3,485,539th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 32 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Obolor Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Obolor Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria311:5,714,283142,531
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628

Obolor Last Name Facts

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

The surname Obolor is more commonly found in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It can also be found as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Obolor.

How Common Is The Last Name Obolor? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 3,485,539th most numerous surname world-wide, borne by approximately 1 in 227,735,810 people. It is predominantly found in Africa, where 97 percent of Obolor are found; 97 percent are found in West Africa and 97 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa.

This last name is most widespread in Nigeria, where it is borne by 31 people, or 1 in 5,714,283. In Nigeria Obolor is most prevalent in: Delta, where 68 percent live, Nasarawa, where 10 percent live and Rivers, where 10 percent live. Besides Nigeria Obolor exists in one country. It is also common in Brazil, where 3 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Oboulor921/
Gobolor921/
Obulor831,059/
Ubolor8370/
Abolor8356/
Obolar8347/
Ebolor8338/
Obalor8329/
Abolore77580/
Obalore7739/
Owolore779/
Abolord779/
Ompolor773/
Obollar771/
Aboilor771/
Obullor771/
Eboulor771/
Abolour771/
Abolgor771/
Oobalore715/
Aboloore711/
Abolourd711/
Obelar671,287/
Awolor67130/
Abolar67126/
Aboulyosr67122/
Obalar67109/
Abalor6761/
Obular672/
Abulor671/
Abelor671/
Ubalor671/
Ubulor671/

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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 Obolor
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