Olubu Surname
Approximately 362 people bear this surname
Olubu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 351 | 1:504,680 | 25,124 |
| England | 6 | 1:9,286,343 | 223,652 |
| Uganda | 2 | 1:19,519,640 | 189,114 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
Olubu (1,493) may also be a first name.
Olubu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Olubu Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Olubu is found in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It can also be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Olubu click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Olubu? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 781,947th most commonly occurring last name on earth It is held by approximately 1 in 20,131,342 people. The surname Olubu occurs predominantly in Africa, where 98 percent of Olubu reside; 97 percent reside in West Africa and 97 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 201,267th most widely held first name internationally, borne by 1,493 people.
The last name Olubu is most widely held in Nigeria, where it is borne by 351 people, or 1 in 504,680. In Nigeria it is most common in: Ekiti, where 48 percent reside, Ebonyi, where 16 percent reside and Ondo, where 15 percent reside. Besides Nigeria this surname exists in 5 countries. It is also found in England, where 2 percent reside and Uganda, where 1 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Olubou | 91 | 3 | / |
| Oluubu | 91 | 1 | / |
| Golubu | 91 | 1 | / |
| Holubeu | 83 | 9 | / |
| Golubou | 83 | 1 | / |
| Oloubou | 83 | 1 | / |
| Goloubu | 83 | 1 | / |
| Elubu | 80 | 774 | / |
| Alubu | 80 | 553 | / |
| Oluwu | 80 | 149 | / |
| Olibu | 80 | 23 | / |
| Olobu | 80 | 19 | / |
| Ulubu | 80 | 1 | / |
| Oluvu | 80 | 1 | / |
| Oliebu | 73 | 10 | / |
| Olouwu | 73 | 6 | / |
| Hulubu | 73 | 5 | / |
| Alubus | 73 | 4 | / |
| Eluebu | 73 | 2 | / |
| Olowuu | 73 | 2 | / |
| Galubu | 73 | 2 | / |
| Olluwu | 73 | 1 | / |
| Olguwu | 73 | 1 | / |
| Halubu | 73 | 1 | / |
| Holubů | 73 | 1 | / |
| Gouloubou | 71 | 1 | / |
| Uluibau | 67 | 164 | / |
| Aloubou | 67 | 31 | / |
| Holobuț | 67 | 2 | / |
| Olouvui | 67 | 1 | / |
| Olobuha | 67 | 1 | / |
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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
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- 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 Olubu
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