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 last name Olobo is carried by more people in Uganda than any other country/territory. It can also occur as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Olobo? popularity and diffusion
It is the 58,542nd most frequently used family name globally, borne by approximately 1 in 844,052 people. This surname occurs mostly 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 common first name globally, borne by 982 people.
Olobo is most numerous in Uganda, where it is carried by 7,633 people, or 1 in 5,115. In Uganda it is most numerous in: Kaberamaido District, where 25 percent live, Oyam District, where 12 percent live and Soroti District, where 11 percent live. Outside of Uganda Olobo is found in 9 countries. It is also common in Nigeria, where 9 percent live and The Congo, where 2 percent live.
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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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