Obothe Surname
Approximately 59 people bear this surname
Obothe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 55 | 1:962,575 | 44,906 |
| Uganda | 3 | 1:13,013,093 | 160,157 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
Obothe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Obothe Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Obothe occurs most in Tanzania. It may also be rendered as:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Obothe? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 2,506,728th most frequent last name world-wide. It is borne by around 1 in 123,517,727 people. The last name Obothe is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Obothe reside; 98 percent reside in East Africa and 95 percent reside in East Bantu Africa.
This surname is most frequently held in Tanzania, where it is held by 55 people, or 1 in 962,575. In Tanzania it is mostly concentrated in: Dar es Salaam Region, where 100 percent are found. Besides Tanzania Obothe occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in Uganda, where 5 percent are found and Nigeria, where 2 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 Obothe
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