Obour Surname
Approximately 4,515 people bear this surname
Obour Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ghana | 4,226 | 1:6,394 | 870 |
| Egypt | 214 | 1:429,606 | 25,756 |
| Nigeria | 30 | 1:5,904,759 | 145,253 |
| United States | 17 | 1:21,321,114 | 641,998 |
| Morocco | 9 | 1:3,830,678 | 54,497 |
| England | 5 | 1:11,143,612 | 252,590 |
| South Sudan | 4 | 1:2,853,769 | 1,758 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
| Sudan | 1 | 1:37,510,195 | 14,259 |
| Senegal | 1 | 1:14,579,342 | 11,705 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Libya | 1 | 1:6,243,974 | 6,186 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
Obour (709) may also be a first name.
Obour Demographics
Average Obour Salary in
United States
$67,719 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Obour Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Obour Come From? nationality or country of origin
Obour is carried by more people in Ghana than any other country or territory. It may also be found as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Obour? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 104,023rd most widely held last name world-wide It is held by around 1 in 1,614,074 people. This surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Obour live; 94 percent live in West Africa and 94 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 310,223rd most frequently occurring given name internationally. It is borne by 709 people.
Obour is most common in Ghana, where it is held by 4,226 people, or 1 in 6,394. Not including Ghana this surname exists in 16 countries. It also occurs in Egypt, where 5 percent live and Nigeria, where 1 percent live.
Obour Last Name Statistics demography
Obour earn more than fifty percent more than the average income. In United States they earn 56.94% more than the national average, earning $67,719 USD per year.
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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 Obour
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