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 most in Nigeria. It can also be found in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Obute? popularity and diffusion
Obute is the 100,616th most commonly used family name in the world, held by approximately 1 in 1,552,854 people. This surname occurs predominantly 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. It is also the 598,137th most prevalent given name at a global level, borne by 226 people.
Obute is most common in Nigeria, where it is borne by 4,380 people, or 1 in 40,444. In Nigeria Obute is primarily concentrated in: Benue, where 27 percent live, Enugu, where 17 percent live and Federal Capital Territory, where 7 percent live. Barring Nigeria it is found in 12 countries. It is also found in Kenya, where 3 percent live and Tanzania, where 2 percent live.
Obute Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those bearing the Obute last name is principally 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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