Oboyo Surname
Approximately 765 people bear this surname
Oboyo Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 394 | 1:449,601 | 22,976 |
| Congo | 318 | 1:15,689 | 1,911 |
| DR Congo | 34 | 1:2,172,929 | 106,971 |
| Uganda | 11 | 1:3,549,025 | 89,142 |
| Kenya | 3 | 1:15,393,300 | 77,493 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Gabon | 1 | 1:1,889,194 | 6,814 |
| South Sudan | 1 | 1:11,415,076 | 3,182 |
Oboyo (54) may also be a first name.
Oboyo Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Oboyo Come From? nationality or country of origin
Oboyo occurs more in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It can also be found as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Oboyo? popularity and diffusion
The last name Oboyo is the 445,853rd most widely held last name in the world. It is borne by around 1 in 9,526,204 people. Oboyo occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Oboyo are found; 52 percent are found in West Africa and 52 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 1,350,955th most frequently occurring first name globally, held by 54 people.
The last name is most prevalent in Nigeria, where it is borne by 394 people, or 1 in 449,601. In Nigeria it is most common in: Ebonyi, where 46 percent live, Edo, where 28 percent live and Delta, where 18 percent live. Aside from Nigeria it is found in 9 countries. It also occurs in The Congo, where 42 percent live and The DR Congo, where 4 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 Oboyo
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