Oboye Surname
Approximately 567 people bear this surname
Oboye Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 488 | 1:362,997 | 19,456 |
| Uganda | 33 | 1:1,183,008 | 47,935 |
| United States | 26 | 1:13,940,728 | 505,428 |
| England | 8 | 1:6,964,757 | 184,742 |
| Benin | 7 | 1:1,476,515 | 57,381 |
| Mauritania | 2 | 1:2,047,432 | 30,537 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1 | 1:50,218,684 | 817,899 |
Oboye (105) may also be a first name.
Oboye Demographics
Average Oboye Salary in
United States
$34,375 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Oboye Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Oboye Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Oboye (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺃﺑﻮﻳﻲ) is carried by more people in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It can be found as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Oboye? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 559,940th most commonly occurring surname world-wide, borne by around 1 in 12,852,815 people. Oboye occurs predominantly in Africa, where 94 percent of Oboye reside; 88 percent reside in West Africa and 87 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 920,134th most common first name internationally. It is borne by 105 people.
The surname is most frequently used in Nigeria, where it is borne by 488 people, or 1 in 362,997. In Nigeria it is primarily found in: Edo, where 49 percent live, Delta, where 22 percent live and Lagos, where 14 percent live. Apart from Nigeria this surname is found in 8 countries. It is also found in Uganda, where 6 percent live and The United States, where 5 percent live.
Oboye Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Oboye has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Oboye surname increased 2,600 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Oboye Last Name Statistics demography
Oboye earn notably less less than the average income. In United States they earn 20.33% less than the national average, earning $34,375 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Oboye Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Oboye in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺃﺑﻮﻳﻲ | abwyy | 50 |
| ﺁﺑﻲ | aby | 50 |
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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
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- 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 Oboye
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