Obute Surname
Approximately 4,693 people bear this surname
Obute Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 4,380 | 1:40,444 | 3,219 |
| Kenya | 125 | 1:369,439 | 21,332 |
| Tanzania | 106 | 1:499,449 | 33,339 |
| Uganda | 41 | 1:952,178 | 42,125 |
| England | 29 | 1:1,921,312 | 76,208 |
| South Africa | 4 | 1:13,544,426 | 222,367 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
| Qatar | 1 | 1:2,357,999 | 76,403 |
Obute (226) may also be a first name.
Obute Demographics
Obute Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Obute Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Obute Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Obute occurs more in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Obute? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 100,616th most widely held last name in the world, held by around 1 in 1,552,854 people. This surname is mostly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Obute are found; 93 percent are found in West Africa and 93 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Obute is also the 598,137th most commonly occurring first name in the world, borne by 226 people.
This surname is most frequently held in Nigeria, where it is held by 4,380 people, or 1 in 40,444. In Nigeria it is primarily found in: Benue, where 27 percent are found, Enugu, where 17 percent are found and Federal Capital Territory, where 7 percent are found. Besides Nigeria it exists in 12 countries. It is also common in Kenya, where 3 percent are found and Tanzania, where 2 percent are found.
Obute Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those bearing the last name is chiefly Christian (100%) in Kenya.
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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 Obute
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