Obowu Surname
Approximately 121 people bear this surname
Obowu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 117 | 1:1,514,041 | 57,594 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
Obowu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Obowu Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Obowu occurs more in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It may also be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Obowu? popularity and diffusion
It is the 1,649,806th most widely held surname world-wide It is held by around 1 in 60,227,652 people. This surname is mostly found in Africa, where 97 percent of Obowu live; 97 percent live in West Africa and 97 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
The last name Obowu is most commonly held in Nigeria, where it is held by 117 people, or 1 in 1,514,041. In Nigeria it is mostly concentrated in: Rivers, where 88 percent are found, Lagos, where 3 percent are found and Abia, where 1 percent are found. Barring Nigeria Obowu exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 2 percent are found and England, where 1 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Obouwut | 83 | 4 | / |
| Obewu | 80 | 144 | / |
| Obovu | 80 | 46 | / |
| Abowu | 80 | 11 | / |
| Obawu | 80 | 11 | / |
| Ebowu | 80 | 1 | / |
| Obobu | 80 | 1 | / |
| Obewhu | 73 | 26 | / |
| Obaewu | 73 | 6 | / |
| Obavou | 73 | 5 | / |
| Ubowgu | 73 | 4 | / |
| Obuwou | 73 | 2 | / |
| Obewou | 73 | 2 | / |
| Abowou | 73 | 2 | / |
| Abuowu | 73 | 1 | / |
| Ovuowu | 73 | 1 | / |
| Hobovu | 73 | 1 | / |
| Obaawu | 73 | 1 | / |
| Obuwgu | 73 | 1 | / |
| Obuobu | 73 | 1 | / |
| Obeuwou | 67 | 97 | / |
| Obahawu | 67 | 46 | / |
| Obauwou | 67 | 5 | / |
| Habobou | 67 | 4 | / |
| Oboubou | 67 | 2 | / |
| Obeuwau | 67 | 1 | / |
| Avoibou | 67 | 1 | / |
| Abuowuh | 67 | 1 | / |
| Abouwou | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Obowu
- To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on FamilySearch, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis