Obum Surname
Approximately 1,493 people bear this surname
Obum Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 1,443 | 1:122,760 | 8,070 |
| Turkey | 14 | 1:5,558,673 | 112,907 |
| Papua New Guinea | 12 | 1:679,476 | 78,554 |
| United States | 6 | 1:60,409,822 | 1,028,827 |
| England | 5 | 1:11,143,612 | 252,590 |
| Ghana | 4 | 1:6,755,173 | 15,406 |
| Malaysia | 4 | 1:7,373,556 | 230,001 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Peru | 1 | 1:31,784,123 | 64,452 |
| Senegal | 1 | 1:14,579,342 | 11,705 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 6 | 1:8,369,781 | 355,680 |
Obum (898) may also be a first name.
Obum Demographics
Obum Religious Adherence
in Nigeria
Religious Adherence
in Nigeria
Obum Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Obum Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Obum occurs more in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It can also appear in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of Obum.
How Common Is The Last Name Obum? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 262,597th most common family name worldwide It is held by approximately 1 in 4,881,143 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 97 percent of Obum reside; 97 percent reside in West Africa and 97 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 271,017th most widely held given name internationally, held by 898 people.
The surname Obum is most frequently occurring in Nigeria, where it is borne by 1,443 people, or 1 in 122,760. In Nigeria Obum is primarily concentrated in: Anambra, where 52 percent live, Imo, where 18 percent live and Lagos, where 5 percent live. Besides Nigeria Obum occurs in 11 countries. It also occurs in Turkey, where 1 percent live and Papua New Guinea, where 1 percent live.
Obum Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those bearing the Obum surname is predominantly Christian (98%) in Nigeria.
Obum earn significantly less than the average income. In United States they earn 28.3% less than the national average, earning $30,938 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gobum | 89 | 617 | / |
| Obume | 89 | 23 | / |
| Osbum | 89 | 20 | / |
| Oboum | 89 | 3 | / |
| Obaum | 89 | 1 | / |
| Hobum | 89 | 1 | / |
| Otbum | 89 | 1 | / |
| Ouboum | 80 | 6 | / |
| Obumme | 80 | 2 | / |
| Osbaum | 80 | 2 | / |
| Hobaum | 80 | 1 | / |
| Osboum | 80 | 1 | / |
| Oboume | 80 | 1 | / |
| Obouym | 80 | 1 | / |
| O'Baum | 80 | 1 | / |
| Obom | 75 | 1,187 | / |
| Obun | 75 | 1,130 | / |
| Abum | 75 | 628 | / |
| Ubum | 75 | 173 | / |
| Ebum | 75 | 52 | / |
| Ovum | 75 | 9 | / |
| Owum | 75 | 7 | / |
| Obumova | 73 | 13 | / |
| Hohbaum | 73 | 7 | / |
| Ochbaum | 73 | 3 | / |
| Oubhoum | 73 | 1 | / |
| Osboume | 73 | 1 | / |
| Houboum | 73 | 1 | / |
| Hochbaum | 67 | 744 | / |
| Obune | 67 | 684 | / |
| Osbun | 67 | 509 | / |
| Obuin | 67 | 431 | / |
| Oboun | 67 | 295 | / |
| Abume | 67 | 224 | / |
| Obung | 67 | 176 | / |
| Aboum | 67 | 145 | / |
| Gabum | 67 | 128 | / |
| Abuhm | 67 | 122 | / |
| Onpum | 67 | 29 | / |
| Awoum | 67 | 24 | / |
| Gobun | 67 | 21 | / |
| Eebum | 67 | 19 | / |
| Ubume | 67 | 18 | / |
| Obaun | 67 | 16 | / |
| Owume | 67 | 15 | / |
| Avoum | 67 | 14 | / |
| Hobom | 67 | 12 | / |
| Oboom | 67 | 11 | / |
| Abgum | 67 | 10 | / |
| Asbum | 67 | 8 | / |
| Ubeum | 67 | 6 | / |
| Obhom | 67 | 5 | / |
| Abuim | 67 | 4 | / |
| Ubaum | 67 | 3 | / |
| Ovume | 67 | 2 | / |
| Abuum | 67 | 2 | / |
| Gubum | 67 | 2 | / |
| Abaum | 67 | 2 | / |
| Abumg | 67 | 1 | / |
| Oobom | 67 | 1 | / |
| Owutm | 67 | 1 | / |
| Abumn | 67 | 1 | / |
| Owuim | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ubgum | 67 | 1 | / |
| Obund | 67 | 1 | / |
| Hebum | 67 | 1 | / |
| Hubum | 67 | 0 | / |
| Usbum | 67 | 0 | / |
| Hobun | 67 | 0 | / |
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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 Obum
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