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 more frequently found in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It can also occur in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of Obome.
How Common Is The Last Name Obome? popularity and diffusion
The last name Obome is the 1,727,723rd most commonly used family name throughout the world, held by around 1 in 65,067,374 people. The surname occurs predominantly 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 commonly used given name internationally, borne by 40 people.
The last name is most widespread in Nigeria, where it is carried by 105 people, or 1 in 1,687,074. In Nigeria Obome is most frequent in: Ebonyi, where 65 percent reside, Cross River, where 30 percent reside and Lagos, where 2 percent reside. Aside from Nigeria this surname exists in 4 countries. It also occurs in Kenya, where 4 percent reside and The Congo, where 1 percent reside.
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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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