Opuama Surname

532,232nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 607 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Opuama Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Opuama Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria5971:296,72216,613
England61:9,286,343223,652
Algeria11:38,631,551130,422
Cameroon11:20,769,068227,406
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Opuama (38) may also be a first name.

Opuama Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Opuama Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Opuama is more commonly found in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It may also occur as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Opuama? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 532,232nd most frequent family name in the world, borne by around 1 in 12,005,842 people. The surname Opuama occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Opuama live; 98 percent live in West Africa and 98 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Opuama is also the 1,662,754th most frequently held given name throughout the world. It is borne by 38 people.

The last name is most commonly used in Nigeria, where it is held by 597 people, or 1 in 296,722. In Nigeria it is most common in: Delta, where 48 percent live, Bayelsa, where 32 percent live and Rivers, where 5 percent live. Without taking into account Nigeria Opuama exists in 5 countries. It also occurs in England, where 1 percent live and Algeria, where 0 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Opuamah9212/
Opuoma8312/
Apuama835/
Ovuama831/
Obuama831/
Apuamah7758/
Opuamie771/
Ovuamma771/
Abouhamad67362/
Obuoma6713/
Abuama676/
Obwama676/
Apuoma673/
Ovuoma671/
Abouhamat671/
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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 Opuama
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