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
Obome is found most frequently in Nigeria. It can also be found in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Obome? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 1,727,723rd most prevalent last name world-wide, borne by approximately 1 in 65,067,374 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Obome reside; 94 percent reside in West Africa and 94 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 1,614,485th most frequently held first name worldwide, held by 40 people.
This surname is most frequently occurring in Nigeria, where it is held by 105 people, or 1 in 1,687,074. In Nigeria Obome is primarily concentrated in: Ebonyi, where 65 percent are found, Cross River, where 30 percent are found and Lagos, where 2 percent are found. Barring Nigeria Obome exists in 4 countries. It is also common in Kenya, where 4 percent are found and The Congo, where 1 percent are found.
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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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