Obscura Surname

1,310,135th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 172 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Mexico
Highest density in:
Mexico

Obscura Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Obscura Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Mexico1291:962,21912,860
United States221:16,475,406557,260
Russia101:14,412,306394,810
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
France11:66,422,722504,397
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Greece11:11,079,790145,225
Jordan11:8,842,43726,010
Puerto Rico11:3,550,1399,109
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
United Arab Emirates11:9,162,273135,437
Uzbekistan11:30,929,14267,786

Obscura Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Obscura Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Obscura is found most frequently in Mexico. It can appear as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Obscura? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 1,310,135th most commonly used surname worldwide It is held by around 1 in 42,369,453 people. This surname is predominantly found in The Americas, where 90 percent of Obscura live; 88 percent live in North America and 75 percent live in Hispano-North America.

This last name is most frequently occurring in Mexico, where it is carried by 129 people, or 1 in 962,219. In Mexico Obscura is mostly found in: Mexico City, where 46 percent are found, Guerrero, where 19 percent are found and México, where 10 percent are found. Without taking into account Mexico this surname exists in 13 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 13 percent are found and Russia, where 6 percent are found.

Obscura Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Obscura surname are 53.23% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 100% registered with the political party.

Obscura earn significantly more than the average income. In United States they earn 33.84% more than the national average, earning $57,750 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Obscuras932/
Obscurea931/
Obscuro863/
Obscure861/
Obscured805/
Absura773/
Absoura714/
Absurrah671/
Absuro6227/
Abzura622/
Obzhora5712/

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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 Obscura
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