Obuala Surname
Approximately 101 people bear this surname
Obuala Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 100 | 1:1,771,428 | 64,453 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
Obuala Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Obuala Come From? nationality or country of origin
Obuala is carried by more people in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Obuala? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 1,839,022nd most widespread surname on a worldwide basis, borne by around 1 in 72,153,920 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Obuala live; 99 percent live in West Africa and 99 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
The surname Obuala is most prevalent in Nigeria, where it is borne by 100 people, or 1 in 1,771,428. In Nigeria it is most common in: Bayelsa, where 86 percent live, Rivers, where 11 percent live and Lagos, where 3 percent live. Not including Nigeria Obuala occurs in one country. It also occurs in South Africa, where 1 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gobuala | 92 | 1 | / |
| Obuola | 83 | 291 | / |
| Obwala | 83 | 222 | / |
| Abuala | 83 | 140 | / |
| Obuali | 83 | 41 | / |
| Opuala | 83 | 32 | / |
| Obvala | 83 | 17 | / |
| Obbala | 83 | 4 | / |
| Ovuala | 83 | 4 | / |
| Ofuala | 83 | 2 | / |
| Ubuala | 83 | 2 | / |
| Ebuala | 83 | 1 | / |
| Abualia | 77 | 584 | / |
| Abualas | 77 | 151 | / |
| Abualaz | 77 | 9 | / |
| Abualya | 77 | 7 | / |
| Obwalla | 77 | 7 | / |
| Abualla | 77 | 7 | / |
| Abuhala | 77 | 6 | / |
| Abualah | 77 | 2 | / |
| Obwalat | 77 | 1 | / |
| Ofualla | 77 | 1 | / |
| Oobbala | 77 | 1 | / |
| Govuala | 77 | 1 | / |
| Obualuo | 77 | 1 | / |
| Ofuasla | 77 | 1 | / |
| Abualaj | 77 | 1 | / |
| Abualhaj | 71 | 386 | / |
| Abouhala | 71 | 20 | / |
| Abuhaila | 71 | 6 | / |
| Abuhalla | 71 | 6 | / |
| Gouvvala | 71 | 1 | / |
| Abuhalah | 71 | 1 | / |
| Abuallas | 71 | 1 | / |
| Obuollah | 71 | 1 | / |
| Abualaaz | 71 | 1 | / |
| Abualaiz | 71 | 1 | / |
| Abuali | 67 | 8,130 | / |
| Ubbala | 67 | 345 | / |
| Obwola | 67 | 287 | / |
| Obwale | 67 | 162 | / |
| Avuala | 67 | 119 | / |
| Obuole | 67 | 84 | / |
| Obuolo | 67 | 78 | / |
| Abwala | 67 | 75 | / |
| Abbala | 67 | 46 | / |
| Ebuola | 67 | 30 | / |
| Ovuali | 67 | 24 | / |
| Abualy | 67 | 13 | / |
| Ebwala | 67 | 11 | / |
| Opuola | 67 | 10 | / |
| Obwalo | 67 | 7 | / |
| Uvvala | 67 | 7 | / |
| Abouhaila | 67 | 6 | / |
| Abuhailah | 67 | 5 | / |
| Abuola | 67 | 4 | / |
| Abualaish | 67 | 3 | / |
| Abouhayla | 67 | 3 | / |
| Abuale | 67 | 2 | / |
| Ovbale | 67 | 1 | / |
| Obbali | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ovvala | 67 | 1 | / |
| Opuali | 67 | 1 | / |
| Afuala | 67 | 1 | / |
| Abouhalla | 67 | 1 | / |
| Apuala | 67 | 1 | / |
| Opwala | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ubuale | 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
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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 Obuala
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