Obwoo Surname
Approximately 16 people bear this surname
Obwoo Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uganda | 15 | 1:2,602,619 | 75,106 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
Obwoo Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Obwoo Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Obwoo is held by more people in Uganda than any other country or territory. It can also be found as:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Obwoo? popularity and diffusion
The surname Obwoo is the 4,908,606th most frequently held family name on earth, held by approximately 1 in 455,471,620 people. The surname is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Obwoo are found; 94 percent are found in East Africa and 88 percent are found in Nilo-Saharan Africa.
The surname is most frequently held in Uganda, where it is held by 15 people, or 1 in 2,602,619. In Uganda Obwoo is primarily found in: Lamwo District, where 87 percent live, Kampala District, where 7 percent live and Kitgum District, where 7 percent live. Besides Uganda this last name exists in one country. It also occurs in Nigeria, where 6 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Obwo | 89 | 79 | / |
| Hobwood | 83 | 17 | / |
| Abwoo | 80 | 166 | / |
| Obwoi | 80 | 8 | / |
| Obboo | 80 | 3 | / |
| Obwuo | 80 | 1 | / |
| Obouho | 73 | 119 | / |
| Abwoot | 73 | 1 | / |
| Hobwod | 73 | 0 | / |
| Obbo | 67 | 12,158 | / |
| Obuo | 67 | 2,426 | / |
| Abwo | 67 | 486 | / |
| Obwa | 67 | 358 | / |
| Obwu | 67 | 144 | / |
| Offwood | 67 | 52 | / |
| Obvo | 67 | 30 | / |
| Ebwo | 67 | 12 | / |
| Obouhou | 67 | 2 | / |
| Ubwo | 67 | 2 | / |
| Owbo | 67 | 2 | / |
| Hofwood | 67 | 2 | / |
| Owvo | 67 | 1 | / |
| Opwo | 67 | 1 | / |
| Oubouho | 67 | 1 | / |
| Habwooh | 67 | 1 | / |
| Oopwood | 67 | 0 | / |
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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 Obwoo
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