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) is most common in Nigeria. It may also occur as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of Oboma.
How Common Is The Last Name Oboma? popularity and diffusion
It is the 214,907th most commonly occurring surname world-wide, borne by around 1 in 3,809,486 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Oboma live; 63 percent live in West Africa and 63 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 478,225th most numerous first name at a global level, borne by 335 people.
This surname is most commonly occurring in Nigeria, where it is borne by 1,201 people, or 1 in 147,496. In Nigeria Oboma is most common in: Cross River, where 66 percent live, Delta, where 14 percent live and Lagos, where 5 percent live. Barring Nigeria this surname occurs in 13 countries. It also occurs in Uganda, where 33 percent live and The Congo, where 3 percent live.
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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