Opobo Surname
Approximately 888 people bear this surname
Opobo Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uganda | 767 | 1:50,899 | 6,151 |
| Nigeria | 69 | 1:2,567,286 | 83,988 |
| Cameroon | 41 | 1:506,563 | 40,818 |
| England | 9 | 1:6,190,895 | 170,599 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
Opobo (33) may also be a first name.
Opobo Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Opobo Come From? nationality or country of origin
Opobo is held by more people in Uganda than any other country or territory. It can be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Opobo? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 396,862nd most widely held last name worldwide. It is borne by around 1 in 8,206,696 people. The surname Opobo occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Opobo reside; 86 percent reside in East Africa and 83 percent reside in Nilo-Saharan Africa. Opobo is also the 1,807,719th most commonly held first name worldwide, borne by 33 people.
The last name is most frequently held in Uganda, where it is held by 767 people, or 1 in 50,899. In Uganda Opobo is most prevalent in: Gulu District, where 29 percent reside, Amuru District, where 19 percent reside and Nwoya District, where 11 percent reside. Without taking into account Uganda it occurs in 5 countries. It is also found in Nigeria, where 8 percent reside and Cameroon, where 5 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Opoubo | 91 | 3 | / |
| Opobot | 91 | 1 | / |
| Opoebo | 91 | 1 | / |
| Opuoybo | 83 | 1 | / |
| Opubo | 80 | 734 | / |
| Apobo | 80 | 97 | / |
| Opowo | 80 | 82 | / |
| Epobo | 80 | 50 | / |
| Opabo | 80 | 20 | / |
| Opebo | 80 | 15 | / |
| Opovo | 80 | 1 | / |
| Opuboy | 73 | 10 | / |
| Apoibo | 73 | 3 | / |
| Oppowo | 73 | 3 | / |
| Apoubo | 73 | 1 | / |
| Apobop | 73 | 1 | / |
| Opouba | 73 | 1 | / |
| Oupabo | 73 | 1 | / |
| Opubos | 73 | 1 | / |
| Opaubo | 73 | 1 | / |
| Epoboo | 73 | 1 | / |
| Hopubo | 73 | 1 | / |
| Apobou | 73 | 1 | / |
| Oupoba | 73 | 1 | / |
| Apoubou | 67 | 54 | / |
| Oipompo | 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
- 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 Opobo
- To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on FamilySearch, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis