Okobo Surname
Approximately 1,327 people bear this surname
Okobo Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 689 | 1:257,101 | 14,805 |
| Congo | 336 | 1:14,848 | 1,832 |
| Uganda | 266 | 1:146,764 | 13,098 |
| Kenya | 15 | 1:3,078,660 | 38,128 |
| France | 13 | 1:5,109,440 | 259,941 |
| DR Congo | 4 | 1:18,469,892 | 182,906 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Togo | 1 | 1:7,247,768 | 12,049 |
Okobo (232) may also be a first name.
Okobo Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Okobo Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Okobo occurs in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Okobo? popularity and diffusion
The surname Okobo is the 288,908th most frequently held family name globally, borne by around 1 in 5,491,745 people. This last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Okobo are found; 52 percent are found in West Africa and 52 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Okobo is also the 588,797th most frequently used first name globally, borne by 232 people.
The last name Okobo is most common in Nigeria, where it is borne by 689 people, or 1 in 257,101. In Nigeria it is primarily found in: Akwa Ibom, where 35 percent reside, Ebonyi, where 13 percent reside and Bayelsa, where 9 percent reside. Apart from Nigeria this last name exists in 9 countries. It is also common in The Congo, where 25 percent reside and Uganda, where 20 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
- 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 Okobo
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