Obuor Surname

407,730th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 858 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Ghana
Highest density in:
Ghana

Obuor Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Obuor Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ghana8311:32,5163,831
Benin81:1,291,95054,095
Kenya81:5,772,48850,256
Nigeria71:25,306,108327,793
England11:55,718,059489,080
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
Uganda11:39,039,279258,887
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Obuor Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Obuor Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Obuor is found most frequently in Ghana. It may appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Obuor click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Obuor? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 407,730th most prevalent surname in the world, borne by approximately 1 in 8,493,643 people. The last name is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Obuor are found; 99 percent are found in West Africa and 99 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa.

The surname is most commonly held in Ghana, where it is carried by 831 people, or 1 in 32,516. Apart from Ghana this last name exists in 7 countries. It is also common in Benin, where 1 percent live and Kenya, where 1 percent live.

Obuor Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those holding the last name is primarily Christian (100%) in Kenya.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Obuore916/
Obuhor911/
Obor892,542/
Obuhore831/
Owuor8040,807/
Obour804,515/
Obore802,235/
Abuor801,381/
Obwor80576/
Gobor80380/
Hobor80275/
Obuar8052/
Ojbor8023/
Oborh8020/
Oibor8016/
Ojuor8012/
Ohuor808/
Osbor808/
Oboor803/
Oubor803/
Obgor803/
Obort802/
Otbor802/
Obhor802/
Obaur801/
Oboir801/
Owbor801/
Obohr801/
Oebor801/
Oborr801/
Obbor801/
Obotr801/
Ebuor801/
Ouwor801/
Oboire7369/
Osuore7322/
Hosbor7321/
Houbor7321/
Oubour739/
Osbour739/
Gobour737/
Hobort737/
Obhore736/
Hobore735/
Ochuor734/
Osbohr734/
Oubore734/
O'Bour733/
Oubeur733/
Osbord733/
Hobour733/
Hobbor732/
Osbore732/
Goybor732/
Obuare732/
Owuore732/
Owuhor731/
Obheur731/
Oborre731/
Obwore731/
Goboor731/
Gobwor731/
Hobord731/
Ojuore731/
Oborhe731/
Ophuor731/
Ounpor731/
Goubor731/
Owhbor731/
Oybore731/
Othuor731/
Opuore731/
Obwgor731/
Abwuor731/
Osborr730/
Hoebor730/
Owor6715,208/
Abor676,157/
Obar673,546/
Ebor671,326/
Ubor67449/
Oujbour67136/
Ovor6766/
Oborova6757/
Goubour6730/
Uvor6726/
Oborová6712/
Hoszbor675/
Osboure674/
Osborhe671/
Ouboure671/
Hoboore671/
Ohiebor671/
Hosbour671/
Oborowa671/
Obár671/
Obwoire671/
Osouhor671/

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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 Obuor
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