Oboney Surname
Approximately 18 people bear this surname
Oboney Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 14 | 1:1,483,505 | 83,777 |
| Ghana | 4 | 1:6,755,173 | 15,406 |
Oboney Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Oboney Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Oboney has its highest incidence in Cameroon. It may be found in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of Oboney.
How Common Is The Last Name Oboney? popularity and diffusion
The surname Oboney is the 4,649,889th most prevalent surname world-wide, borne by around 1 in 404,863,662 people. Oboney occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Oboney live; 78 percent live in Central Africa and 78 percent live in Central Bantu Africa.
This surname is most common in Cameroon, where it is held by 14 people, or 1 in 1,483,505. In Cameroon it is most common in: Southwest Region, where 93 percent are found and Northwest Region, where 7 percent are found. Barring Cameroon Oboney is found in one country. It is also found in Ghana, where 22 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 Oboney
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