Obuma Surname
Approximately 746 people bear this surname
Obuma Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 728 | 1:243,328 | 14,103 |
| Papua New Guinea | 11 | 1:741,247 | 83,447 |
| Uganda | 5 | 1:7,807,856 | 134,263 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Obuma (198) may also be a first name.
Obuma Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Obuma Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Obuma occurs more in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It may also be found in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Obuma? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 454,357th most numerous surname world-wide It is held by approximately 1 in 9,768,828 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 98 percent of Obuma are found; 98 percent are found in West Africa and 98 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Obuma is also the 644,447th most commonly held first name throughout the world, held by 198 people.
The surname is most commonly occurring in Nigeria, where it is borne by 728 people, or 1 in 243,328. In Nigeria it is primarily found in: Bayelsa, where 38 percent reside, Abia, where 33 percent reside and Rivers, where 7 percent reside. Apart from Nigeria this surname occurs in 4 countries. It is also common in Papua New Guinea, where 1 percent reside and Uganda, where 1 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Obumai | 91 | 133 | / |
| Obumah | 91 | 27 | / |
| Obumma | 91 | 11 | / |
| Obauma | 91 | 1 | / |
| Ohbuma | 91 | 1 | / |
| Obumaya | 83 | 9 | / |
| Oboma | 80 | 1,913 | / |
| Ebuma | 80 | 1,075 | / |
| Owuma | 80 | 687 | / |
| Abuma | 80 | 542 | / |
| Obume | 80 | 23 | / |
| Ovuma | 80 | 10 | / |
| Ubuma | 80 | 1 | / |
| Obumo | 80 | 1 | / |
| Goubouma | 77 | 1 | / |
| Houbouma | 77 | 1 | / |
| Awouma | 73 | 559 | / |
| Obimah | 73 | 264 | / |
| Abusma | 73 | 220 | / |
| Abouma | 73 | 174 | / |
| Abumah | 73 | 143 | / |
| Ebumea | 73 | 75 | / |
| Ebhuma | 73 | 27 | / |
| Obumie | 73 | 25 | / |
| Owumah | 73 | 22 | / |
| Habuma | 73 | 21 | / |
| Obumeh | 73 | 16 | / |
| Obiema | 73 | 13 | / |
| Obomah | 73 | 9 | / |
| Owuuma | 73 | 7 | / |
| Abumaz | 73 | 7 | / |
| Avouma | 73 | 5 | / |
| Obummo | 73 | 5 | / |
| Gabuma | 73 | 5 | / |
| Obomau | 73 | 4 | / |
| Abumad | 73 | 3 | / |
| Ubumai | 73 | 3 | / |
| Obooma | 73 | 3 | / |
| Owumma | 73 | 2 | / |
| Abuema | 73 | 2 | / |
| Ouwuma | 73 | 2 | / |
| Obumme | 73 | 2 | / |
| Ohwuma | 73 | 2 | / |
| Abumea | 73 | 1 | / |
| Oboumi | 73 | 1 | / |
| Oboume | 73 | 1 | / |
| Owouma | 73 | 1 | / |
| Ouboma | 73 | 1 | / |
| Ompuma | 73 | 1 | / |
| Ebauma | 73 | 1 | / |
| Obumyo | 73 | 1 | / |
| Obomai | 73 | 1 | / |
| Obaumo | 73 | 1 | / |
| Abumaj | 73 | 1 | / |
| Obumei | 73 | 1 | / |
| Ovouma | 73 | 1 | / |
| Aabuma | 73 | 1 | / |
| Oiboma | 73 | 1 | / |
| Oboumou | 67 | 911 | / |
| Abusmah | 67 | 102 | / |
| Abusmas | 67 | 51 | / |
| Abutmaa | 67 | 24 | / |
| Gabouma | 67 | 13 | / |
| Ampouma | 67 | 9 | / |
| Abumaya | 67 | 9 | / |
| Ompouma | 67 | 6 | / |
| Abuhmad | 67 | 6 | / |
| Aboumad | 67 | 5 | / |
| Ebhouma | 67 | 4 | / |
| Obuumeh | 67 | 3 | / |
| Habouma | 67 | 2 | / |
| Abumais | 67 | 2 | / |
| Habuuma | 67 | 1 | / |
| Gawouma | 67 | 1 | / |
| Oivumaa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Gabumai | 67 | 1 | / |
| Aboumaa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Aboumma | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ubaumma | 67 | 1 | / |
| Abumajd | 67 | 1 | / |
| Abuemah | 67 | 1 | / |
| Osboume | 67 | 1 | / |
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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
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- 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 Obuma
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