Oboma Surname
Approximately 1,913 people bear this surname
Oboma Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 1,201 | 1:147,496 | 9,365 |
| Uganda | 622 | 1:62,764 | 7,187 |
| Congo | 56 | 1:89,091 | 7,544 |
| Kenya | 10 | 1:4,617,990 | 42,693 |
| United States | 7 | 1:51,779,848 | 968,877 |
| DR Congo | 4 | 1:18,469,892 | 182,906 |
| England | 3 | 1:18,572,686 | 338,250 |
| Turkey | 3 | 1:25,940,474 | 162,557 |
| Cameroon | 2 | 1:10,384,534 | 165,830 |
| Burundi | 1 | 1:9,804,852 | 2,349 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| Rwanda | 1 | 1:11,364,978 | 5,947 |
| Sudan | 1 | 1:37,510,195 | 14,259 |
Oboma (335) may also be a first name.
Oboma Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Oboma Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Oboma (Russian: Обома) occurs more in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of Oboma.
How Common Is The Last Name Oboma? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 214,907th most widespread family name at a global level. It is borne by around 1 in 3,809,486 people. The surname Oboma is primarily found in Africa, where 99 percent of Oboma reside; 63 percent reside in West Africa and 63 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Oboma is also the 478,225th most frequently occurring first name worldwide, borne by 335 people.
The surname is most widely held in Nigeria, where it is borne by 1,201 people, or 1 in 147,496. In Nigeria it is most numerous in: Cross River, where 66 percent are found, Delta, where 14 percent are found and Lagos, where 5 percent are found. Excluding Nigeria this surname occurs in 13 countries. It is also found in Uganda, where 33 percent are found and The Congo, where 3 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Oboma Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Oboma in the Russian language | ||
| Обома | oboma | - |
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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 Oboma
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