Okobu Surname
Approximately 96 people bear this surname
Okobu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 91 | 1:1,946,624 | 68,955 |
| Japan | 1 | 1:127,844,293 | 73,547 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Okobu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Okobu Come From? nationality or country of origin
Okobu is more frequently found in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It can be found in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Okobu? popularity and diffusion
The surname Okobu is the 1,894,523rd most common family name worldwide, held by approximately 1 in 75,911,937 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 96 percent of Okobu are found; 95 percent are found in West Africa and 95 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
The surname is most common in Nigeria, where it is borne by 91 people, or 1 in 1,946,624. In Nigeria it is mostly found in: Lagos, where 32 percent live, Edo, where 24 percent live and Enugu, where 16 percent live. Excluding Nigeria Okobu exists in 5 countries. It is also common in Japan, where 1 percent live and Papua New Guinea, where 1 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Okoibu | 91 | 252 | / |
| Okoebu | 91 | 64 | / |
| Okobuh | 91 | 2 | / |
| Okobou | 91 | 1 | / |
| Okoobuh | 83 | 1 | / |
| Ekobu | 80 | 260 | / |
| Okebu | 80 | 227 | / |
| Okubu | 80 | 98 | / |
| Akobu | 80 | 69 | / |
| Okabu | 80 | 14 | / |
| Ukobu | 80 | 1 | / |
| Oukoubou | 77 | 7 | / |
| Hokebu | 73 | 49 | / |
| Hokubu | 73 | 22 | / |
| Okuibu | 73 | 17 | / |
| Okubus | 73 | 14 | / |
| Okompu | 73 | 14 | / |
| Okhabu | 73 | 9 | / |
| Okavou | 73 | 6 | / |
| Okebou | 73 | 6 | / |
| Okabui | 73 | 2 | / |
| Okubou | 73 | 1 | / |
| Okabut | 73 | 1 | / |
| Gokubu | 73 | 1 | / |
| Akobou | 73 | 1 | / |
| Aukobu | 73 | 1 | / |
| Akoobu | 73 | 1 | / |
| Hokabu | 73 | 1 | / |
| Akuobu | 73 | 1 | / |
| Okabud | 73 | 1 | / |
| Okebui | 73 | 1 | / |
| Akhobu | 73 | 1 | / |
| Oikebu | 73 | 1 | / |
| Goukoubou | 71 | 1 | / |
| Oukhoubou | 71 | 1 | / |
| Akoubou | 67 | 64 | / |
| Ozkabut | 67 | 16 | / |
| Okhabut | 67 | 8 | / |
| Ekoubou | 67 | 2 | / |
| Akobout | 67 | 1 | / |
| Oukabou | 67 | 1 | / |
| Akoibou | 67 | 1 | / |
| Huckobu | 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
- 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 Okobu
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