Obuye Surname
Approximately 190 people bear this surname
Obuye Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 177 | 1:1,000,807 | 42,311 |
| Uganda | 7 | 1:5,577,040 | 114,218 |
| Kenya | 5 | 1:9,235,980 | 55,978 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Obuye (30) may also be a first name.
Obuye Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Obuye Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Obuye is found in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It can be found as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Obuye? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 1,227,038th most widespread family name world-wide, held by approximately 1 in 38,355,505 people. The last name Obuye is predominantly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Obuye are found; 93 percent are found in West Africa and 93 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Obuye is also the 1,911,214th most frequently held given name throughout the world. It is borne by 30 people.
The surname is most frequently held in Nigeria, where it is borne by 177 people, or 1 in 1,000,807. In Nigeria Obuye is mostly found in: Delta, where 42 percent reside, Edo, where 20 percent reside and Rivers, where 15 percent reside. Without taking into account Nigeria Obuye exists in 3 countries. It is also found in Uganda, where 4 percent reside and Kenya, where 3 percent reside.
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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
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- 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 Obuye
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