Obuke Surname
Approximately 580 people bear this surname
Obuke Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 571 | 1:310,233 | 17,218 |
| Kenya | 4 | 1:11,544,975 | 62,419 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| Slovakia | 1 | 1:5,336,450 | 140,422 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
Obuke (179) may also be a first name.
Obuke Demographics
Obuke Religious Adherence
in Nigeria
Religious Adherence
in Nigeria
Obuke Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Obuke Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Obuke is carried by more people in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It may occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Obuke? popularity and diffusion
It is the 550,571st most commonly occurring family name in the world, held by around 1 in 12,564,734 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Obuke reside; 98 percent reside in West Africa and 98 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Obuke is also the 681,368th most frequently occurring first name globally, held by 179 people.
This surname is most prevalent in Nigeria, where it is carried by 571 people, or 1 in 310,233. In Nigeria it is most prevalent in: Delta, where 47 percent reside, Anambra, where 32 percent reside and Edo, where 5 percent reside. Outside of Nigeria this surname exists in 4 countries. It is also found in Kenya, where 1 percent reside and The United States, where 1 percent reside.
Obuke Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those holding the surname is chiefly Christian (100%) in Nigeria.
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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 Obuke
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