Oluba Surname
Approximately 1,649 people bear this surname
Oluba Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 837 | 1:211,640 | 12,577 |
| Uganda | 805 | 1:48,496 | 5,933 |
| Kenya | 4 | 1:11,544,975 | 62,419 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
Oluba (654) may also be a first name.
Oluba Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Oluba Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Oluba is found most frequently in Nigeria. It may also appear as:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Oluba? popularity and diffusion
The last name Oluba is the 242,121st most widely held last name internationally, held by approximately 1 in 4,419,373 people. The last name Oluba occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Oluba live; 51 percent live in West Africa and 51 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 324,709th most frequent given name in the world. It is borne by 654 people.
The last name is most prevalent in Nigeria, where it is carried by 837 people, or 1 in 211,640. In Nigeria Oluba is primarily concentrated in: Ondo, where 30 percent reside, Benue, where 21 percent reside and Enugu, where 13 percent reside. Excluding Nigeria this surname exists in 5 countries. It is also common in Uganda, where 49 percent reside and Kenya, where 0 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 Oluba
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