Obun Surname
Approximately 1,130 people bear this surname
Obun Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 939 | 1:188,650 | 11,449 |
| Cameroon | 106 | 1:195,935 | 20,315 |
| Papua New Guinea | 49 | 1:166,402 | 23,077 |
| Thailand | 22 | 1:3,210,834 | 301,565 |
| Malaysia | 6 | 1:4,915,704 | 170,578 |
| Japan | 4 | 1:31,961,073 | 53,820 |
| Taiwan | 2 | 1:11,722,373 | 63,559 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 2 | 1:25,109,342 | 694,541 |
Obun (161) may also be a first name.
Obun Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Obun Come From? nationality or country of origin
Obun (Hindi: ओबून, Russian: Обун) is carried by more people in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Obun? popularity and diffusion
It is the 328,333rd most widely held surname globally, borne by around 1 in 6,449,156 people. The last name is primarily found in Africa, where 93 percent of Obun live; 83 percent live in West Africa and 83 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Obun is also the 722,635th most widely held first name internationally It is held by 161 people.
It is most widespread in Nigeria, where it is carried by 939 people, or 1 in 188,650. In Nigeria it is most numerous in: Cross River, where 83 percent live, Federal Capital Territory, where 2 percent live and Adamawa, where 2 percent live. Beside Nigeria it occurs in 8 countries. It is also common in Cameroon, where 9 percent live and Papua New Guinea, where 4 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Obun Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Obun in the Hindi language | ||
| ओबून | obuna | - |
| Obun in the Russian language | ||
| Обун | obun | - |
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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 Obun
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