Obuna Surname
Approximately 821 people bear this surname
Obuna Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 738 | 1:240,031 | 13,941 |
| Uganda | 34 | 1:1,148,214 | 47,064 |
| DR Congo | 27 | 1:2,736,280 | 122,818 |
| Papua New Guinea | 15 | 1:543,581 | 66,712 |
| Kenya | 3 | 1:15,393,300 | 77,493 |
| Congo | 2 | 1:2,494,548 | 28,763 |
| Solomon Islands | 1 | 1:580,029 | 22,243 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
Obuna (66) may also be a first name.
Obuna Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Obuna Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Obuna is more frequently found in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of Obuna.
How Common Is The Last Name Obuna? popularity and diffusion
Obuna is the 422,155th most frequently occurring surname throughout the world, held by approximately 1 in 8,876,426 people. Obuna occurs mostly in Africa, where 98 percent of Obuna reside; 90 percent reside in West Africa and 90 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 1,201,840th most frequent given name internationally It is held by 66 people.
The last name is most commonly occurring in Nigeria, where it is held by 738 people, or 1 in 240,031. In Nigeria it is most frequent in: Enugu, where 54 percent live, Jigawa, where 13 percent live and Lagos, where 6 percent live. Beside Nigeria this surname is found in 7 countries. It is also found in Uganda, where 4 percent live and The DR Congo, where 3 percent live.
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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 Obuna
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