Obona Surname
Approximately 612 people bear this surname
Obona Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 346 | 1:511,973 | 25,378 |
| Philippines | 135 | 1:749,913 | 74,028 |
| Slovakia | 57 | 1:93,622 | 17,991 |
| Congo | 23 | 1:216,917 | 8,417 |
| Uganda | 13 | 1:3,003,021 | 81,551 |
| Papua New Guinea | 9 | 1:905,969 | 94,851 |
| Cameroon | 8 | 1:2,596,134 | 118,056 |
| Australia | 5 | 1:5,399,140 | 162,351 |
| Botswana | 4 | 1:546,732 | 22,624 |
| Kenya | 4 | 1:11,544,975 | 62,419 |
| Benin | 2 | 1:5,167,801 | 84,334 |
| Spain | 2 | 1:23,376,018 | 128,922 |
| Colombia | 1 | 1:47,774,072 | 44,230 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
The alternate forms: Oboňa (457) & Oboña (1) are calculated separately.
Obona (179) may also be a first name.
Obona Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Obona Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Obona is found in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It can also be found in the variant forms: Oboňa or Oboña. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Obona? popularity and diffusion
The surname Obona is the 528,890th most widely held last name throughout the world. It is borne by around 1 in 11,907,755 people. The last name Obona is primarily found in Africa, where 66 percent of Obona reside; 57 percent reside in West Africa and 57 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 681,368th most frequent first name on earth, borne by 179 people.
It is most commonly occurring in Nigeria, where it is carried by 346 people, or 1 in 511,973. In Nigeria it is most prevalent in: Cross River, where 49 percent are found, Rivers, where 12 percent are found and Ebonyi, where 8 percent are found. Excluding Nigeria Obona exists in 15 countries. It is also common in The Philippines, where 22 percent are found and Slovakia, where 9 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 Obona
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