Oboto Surname
Approximately 170 people bear this surname
Oboto Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uganda | 126 | 1:309,836 | 21,278 |
| Nigeria | 34 | 1:5,210,081 | 134,475 |
| Cameroon | 5 | 1:4,153,814 | 129,697 |
| Kenya | 2 | 1:23,089,950 | 83,168 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Oboto (15) may also be a first name.
Oboto Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Oboto Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Oboto is found most frequently in Uganda. It may also be found as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Oboto click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Oboto? popularity and diffusion
The last name Oboto is the 1,321,499th most widely held last name on earth, held by approximately 1 in 42,867,917 people. The surname Oboto is mostly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Oboto reside; 76 percent reside in East Africa and 73 percent reside in Nilo-Saharan Africa. It is also the 2,900,335th most frequently held first name globally It is held by 15 people.
Oboto is most common in Uganda, where it is held by 126 people, or 1 in 309,836. In Uganda Oboto is most numerous in: Kitgum District, where 38 percent live, Agago District, where 30 percent live and Apac District, where 17 percent live. Outside of Uganda this last name occurs in 6 countries. It is also common in Nigeria, where 20 percent live and Cameroon, where 3 percent live.
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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 Oboto
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