Obuche Surname
Approximately 22 people bear this surname
Obuche Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 19 | 1:9,323,303 | 191,560 |
| Uganda | 2 | 1:19,519,640 | 189,114 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
Obuche (23) may also be a first name.
Obuche Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Obuche Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Obuche is borne by more people in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It can also appear in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Obuche? popularity and diffusion
The last name Obuche is the 4,206,983rd most frequent last name on earth. It is borne by approximately 1 in 331,252,087 people. This last name is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Obuche reside; 86 percent reside in West Africa and 86 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Obuche is also the 2,239,265th most frequent first name internationally It is held by 23 people.
This surname is most frequent in Nigeria, where it is borne by 19 people, or 1 in 9,323,303. In Nigeria Obuche is primarily found in: Benue, where 32 percent reside, Rivers, where 32 percent reside and Nasarawa, where 16 percent reside. Apart from Nigeria this last name occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in Uganda, where 9 percent reside and Kenya, where 5 percent reside.
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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 Obuche
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