Obota Surname
Approximately 314 people bear this surname
Obota Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uganda | 117 | 1:333,669 | 22,303 |
| Nigeria | 109 | 1:1,625,163 | 60,488 |
| Kenya | 79 | 1:584,556 | 27,458 |
| DR Congo | 4 | 1:18,469,892 | 182,906 |
| Philippines | 4 | 1:25,309,556 | 279,062 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
Obota (11) may also be a first name.
Obota Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Obota Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Obota is found in Uganda more than any other country or territory. It may also appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Obota? popularity and diffusion
Obota is the 864,701st most frequent family name at a global level. It is borne by approximately 1 in 23,208,745 people. This surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Obota are found; 63 percent are found in East Africa and 35 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Obota is also the 3,487,849th most widely held first name worldwide It is held by 11 people.
The surname Obota is most frequent in Uganda, where it is held by 117 people, or 1 in 333,669. In Uganda Obota is mostly concentrated in: Masindi District, where 22 percent are found, Hoima District, where 13 percent are found and Kiryandongo District, where 11 percent are found. Barring Uganda Obota exists in 5 countries. It is also found in Nigeria, where 35 percent are found and Kenya, where 25 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 Obota
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