Obuka Surname
Approximately 881 people bear this surname
Obuka Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 602 | 1:294,257 | 16,515 |
| Kenya | 174 | 1:265,402 | 17,619 |
| Uganda | 77 | 1:507,004 | 28,868 |
| Papua New Guinea | 18 | 1:452,984 | 57,838 |
| Australia | 4 | 1:6,748,925 | 181,100 |
| England | 2 | 1:27,859,030 | 389,889 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Latvia | 1 | 1:2,050,046 | 60,295 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
Obuka (44) may also be a first name.
Obuka Demographics
Obuka Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Obuka Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Obuka Come From? nationality or country of origin
Obuka is more frequently found in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It may be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Obuka click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Obuka? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 399,363rd most commonly used last name world-wide, held by around 1 in 8,271,902 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 97 percent of Obuka reside; 68 percent reside in West Africa and 68 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 1,525,482nd most frequent forename on earth It is held by 44 people.
This last name is most widespread in Nigeria, where it is borne by 602 people, or 1 in 294,257. In Nigeria Obuka is mostly found in: Enugu, where 19 percent live, Edo, where 19 percent live and Delta, where 14 percent live. Apart from Nigeria Obuka is found in 9 countries. It is also common in Kenya, where 20 percent live and Uganda, where 9 percent live.
Obuka Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those carrying the surname is predominantly Christian (100%) in Kenya.
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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 Obuka
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