Olobo Surname
Approximately 8,634 people bear this surname
Olobo Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uganda | 7,633 | 1:5,115 | 935 |
| Nigeria | 752 | 1:235,562 | 13,722 |
| Congo | 153 | 1:32,608 | 3,231 |
| Cameroon | 76 | 1:273,277 | 26,204 |
| Papua New Guinea | 13 | 1:627,209 | 74,307 |
| England | 3 | 1:18,572,686 | 338,250 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Guatemala | 1 | 1:16,082,668 | 12,169 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
Olobo (982) may also be a first name.
Olobo Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Olobo Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Olobo is found most in Uganda. It may also appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Olobo? popularity and diffusion
The last name Olobo is the 58,542nd most commonly held last name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by approximately 1 in 844,052 people. It is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Olobo live; 88 percent live in East Africa and 51 percent live in Nilo-Saharan Africa. Olobo is also the 257,086th most commonly used forename world-wide, borne by 982 people.
This surname is most common in Uganda, where it is held by 7,633 people, or 1 in 5,115. In Uganda Olobo is mostly found in: Kaberamaido District, where 25 percent reside, Oyam District, where 12 percent reside and Soroti District, where 11 percent reside. Other than Uganda it occurs in 9 countries. It also occurs in Nigeria, where 9 percent reside and The Congo, where 2 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 Olobo
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