Obome Surname
Approximately 112 people bear this surname
Obome Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 105 | 1:1,687,074 | 62,154 |
| Kenya | 4 | 1:11,544,975 | 62,419 |
| Congo | 1 | 1:4,989,096 | 34,171 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
Obome (40) may also be a first name.
Obome Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Obome Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Obome is found in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It may be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Obome? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 1,727,723rd most prevalent family name throughout the world, borne by around 1 in 65,067,374 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Obome live; 94 percent live in West Africa and 94 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 1,614,485th most frequently used given name worldwide It is held by 40 people.
The surname Obome is most prevalent in Nigeria, where it is carried by 105 people, or 1 in 1,687,074. In Nigeria Obome is most prevalent in: Ebonyi, where 65 percent live, Cross River, where 30 percent live and Lagos, where 2 percent live. Outside of Nigeria this last name exists in 4 countries. It is also found in Kenya, where 4 percent live and The Congo, where 1 percent live.
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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 Obome
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