Obuotor Surname

2,746,821st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 50 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Gambia

Obuotor Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Obuotor Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria491:3,615,158105,602
Gambia11:1,923,4511,043

Obuotor Last Name Facts

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

The last name Obuotor is more frequently found in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It may also appear as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Obuotor? popularity and diffusion

Obuotor is the 2,746,821st most prevalent last name at a global level, held by around 1 in 145,750,918 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Obuotor live; 100 percent live in West Africa and 98 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa.

The surname Obuotor is most widely held in Nigeria, where it is held by 49 people, or 1 in 3,615,158. In Nigeria it is mostly concentrated in: Delta, where 43 percent live, Federal Capital Territory, where 18 percent live and Lagos, where 10 percent live. Apart from Nigeria it occurs in one country. It is also common in The Gambia, where 2 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Obotor92143/
Obbotor861/
Owotor77107/
Ubotor7746/
Abotor7719/
Abotour71122/
Govotor7115/
Ovwotor7111/
Owohtor711/
Obotarh711/
Aboutour6758/
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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 Obuotor
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