Obuta Surname
Approximately 444 people bear this surname
Obuta Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 223 | 1:794,362 | 35,535 |
| Philippines | 190 | 1:532,833 | 60,943 |
| Uganda | 22 | 1:1,774,513 | 60,490 |
| Sudan | 4 | 1:9,377,549 | 8,207 |
| Taiwan | 2 | 1:11,722,373 | 63,559 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Togo | 1 | 1:7,247,768 | 12,049 |
Obuta (135) may also be a first name.
Obuta Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Obuta Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Obuta is found in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Obuta.
How Common Is The Last Name Obuta? popularity and diffusion
It is the 672,867th most common family name globally, held by around 1 in 16,413,392 people. The last name Obuta is mostly found in Africa, where 57 percent of Obuta reside; 50 percent reside in West Africa and 50 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Obuta is also the 797,647th most common first name worldwide. It is borne by 135 people.
This last name is most common in Nigeria, where it is held by 223 people, or 1 in 794,362. In Nigeria it is mostly found in: Enugu, where 28 percent live, Abia, where 18 percent live and Lagos, where 10 percent live. Aside from Nigeria it occurs in 7 countries. It is also found in The Philippines, where 43 percent live and Uganda, where 5 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 Obuta
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