Obuwe Surname
Approximately 95 people bear this surname
Obuwe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 93 | 1:1,904,761 | 67,919 |
| Uganda | 2 | 1:19,519,640 | 189,114 |
Obuwe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Obuwe Come From? nationality or country of origin
Obuwe is most common in Nigeria. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Obuwe? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 1,907,068th most commonly occurring family name world-wide, held by around 1 in 76,711,010 people. The last name Obuwe occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Obuwe are found; 98 percent are found in West Africa and 98 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
This surname is most widely held in Nigeria, where it is held by 93 people, or 1 in 1,904,761. In Nigeria it is primarily found in: Delta, where 52 percent live, Lagos, where 31 percent live and Rivers, where 11 percent live. Other than Nigeria it occurs in one country. It is also found in Uganda, where 2 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Obuwea | 91 | 2 | / |
| Obuwee | 91 | 1 | / |
| Obuw | 89 | 6 | / |
| Obuwa | 80 | 110 | / |
| Obube | 80 | 81 | / |
| Ebuwe | 80 | 28 | / |
| Obowe | 80 | 26 | / |
| Abuwe | 80 | 22 | / |
| Ovuwe | 80 | 1 | / |
| Oboube | 73 | 68 | / |
| Obuvie | 73 | 60 | / |
| Ebuwei | 73 | 27 | / |
| Obowei | 73 | 10 | / |
| Obiewe | 73 | 4 | / |
| Abouwe | 73 | 4 | / |
| Obeube | 73 | 4 | / |
| Obowhe | 73 | 2 | / |
| Habuwe | 73 | 2 | / |
| Ovouwe | 73 | 1 | / |
| Ujbuwe | 73 | 1 | / |
| Obuwha | 73 | 1 | / |
| Abguwe | 73 | 1 | / |
| Ebeuwe | 73 | 1 | / |
| Obusue | 73 | 1 | / |
| Gabuwe | 73 | 1 | / |
| Obouwa | 73 | 1 | / |
| Obauwa | 73 | 1 | / |
| Obuibe | 73 | 1 | / |
| Abuwer | 73 | 1 | / |
| Obowie | 73 | 1 | / |
| Obaube | 73 | 1 | / |
| Abuw | 67 | 8 | / |
| Obuwaya | 67 | 3 | / |
| Ouboube | 67 | 2 | / |
| Ebeuwhe | 67 | 1 | / |
| Obuvhie | 67 | 1 | / |
| Avouwei | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Obuwe
- To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on FamilySearch, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis