Obuga Surname
Approximately 592 people bear this surname
Obuga Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Philippines | 461 | 1:219,606 | 34,026 |
| Uganda | 122 | 1:319,994 | 21,696 |
| Nigeria | 5 | 1:35,428,552 | 388,973 |
| Kenya | 4 | 1:11,544,975 | 62,419 |
Obuga Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Obuga Come From? nationality or country of origin
Obuga is more commonly found in The Philippines than any other country or territory. It may also be found as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Obuga? popularity and diffusion
It is the 542,091st most frequently used last name at a global level, held by approximately 1 in 12,310,044 people. The last name is predominantly found in Asia, where 78 percent of Obuga live; 78 percent live in Southeast Asia and 77 percent live in Fil-Southeast Asia.
The surname Obuga is most prevalent in The Philippines, where it is held by 461 people, or 1 in 219,606. In The Philippines it is most frequent in: Northern Mindanao, where 49 percent live, Zamboanga Peninsula, where 29 percent live and National Capital Region, where 6 percent live. Aside from The Philippines this last name occurs in 3 countries. It is also common in Uganda, where 21 percent live and Nigeria, where 1 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 Obuga
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