Obwolo Surname
Approximately 526 people bear this surname
Obwolo Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uganda | 505 | 1:77,306 | 8,379 |
| Kenya | 9 | 1:5,131,100 | 45,516 |
| England | 7 | 1:7,959,723 | 202,100 |
| Tanzania | 4 | 1:13,235,403 | 84,310 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Obwolo Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Obwolo Come From? nationality or country of origin
Obwolo is held by more people in Uganda than any other country or territory. It may also appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Obwolo? popularity and diffusion
It is the 592,650th most frequently occurring last name worldwide It is held by approximately 1 in 13,854,650 people. The surname Obwolo occurs mostly in Africa, where 98 percent of Obwolo are found; 98 percent are found in East Africa and 52 percent are found in East Bantu Africa.
This last name is most commonly held in Uganda, where it is borne by 505 people, or 1 in 77,306. In Uganda it is most numerous in: Amuru District, where 18 percent are found, Amuria District, where 18 percent are found and Kaberamaido District, where 16 percent are found. Without taking into account Uganda it exists in 4 countries. It is also common in Kenya, where 2 percent are found and England, where 1 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Obwoolo | 92 | 1 | / |
| Obwollo | 92 | 1 | / |
| Obwola | 83 | 287 | / |
| Opwolo | 83 | 147 | / |
| Obuolo | 83 | 78 | / |
| Abwolo | 83 | 23 | / |
| Obwalo | 83 | 7 | / |
| Ebwolo | 83 | 6 | / |
| Obwulo | 83 | 1 | / |
| Abwollo | 77 | 9 | / |
| Obuollo | 77 | 2 | / |
| Obwolla | 77 | 1 | / |
| Abwoolo | 77 | 1 | / |
| Opwollo | 77 | 1 | / |
| Abwola | 67 | 1,390 | / |
| Obuola | 67 | 291 | / |
| Abwalo | 67 | 275 | / |
| Obwala | 67 | 222 | / |
| Ebwola | 67 | 26 | / |
| Ebwalo | 67 | 23 | / |
| Avwolo | 67 | 3 | / |
| Abuolo | 67 | 2 | / |
| Abbolo | 67 | 2 | / |
| Obuelo | 67 | 1 | / |
| Obwela | 67 | 1 | / |
| Opwola | 67 | 1 | / |
| Opuolo | 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 Obwolo
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