Opuba Surname
Approximately 362 people bear this surname
Opuba Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 236 | 1:750,605 | 34,037 |
| Kenya | 123 | 1:375,446 | 21,575 |
| Uganda | 2 | 1:19,519,640 | 189,114 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
Opuba (41) may also be a first name.
Opuba Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Opuba Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Opuba is held by more people in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It can also be found as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Opuba? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 781,947th most commonly held surname internationally, held by around 1 in 20,131,342 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Opuba are found; 65 percent are found in West Africa and 65 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Opuba is also the 1,590,275th most frequently used given name internationally, borne by 41 people.
Opuba is most frequently used in Nigeria, where it is borne by 236 people, or 1 in 750,605. In Nigeria Opuba is primarily found in: Delta, where 43 percent live, Ondo, where 28 percent live and Ogun, where 11 percent live. Barring Nigeria it occurs in 3 countries. It is also common in Kenya, where 34 percent live and Uganda, where 1 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Opubah | 91 | 2 | / |
| Opouba | 91 | 1 | / |
| Opubau | 91 | 1 | / |
| Opuwa | 80 | 825 | / |
| Opubo | 80 | 734 | / |
| Opiba | 80 | 55 | / |
| Opuva | 80 | 13 | / |
| Epuba | 80 | 7 | / |
| Apuba | 80 | 3 | / |
| Opubi | 80 | 1 | / |
| Apouba | 73 | 16 | / |
| Opuboy | 73 | 10 | / |
| Opieba | 73 | 4 | / |
| Opoubo | 73 | 3 | / |
| Ophiba | 73 | 3 | / |
| Opauwa | 73 | 1 | / |
| Oupoba | 73 | 1 | / |
| Apubai | 73 | 1 | / |
| Apguba | 73 | 1 | / |
| Opuuwa | 73 | 1 | / |
| Opoubi | 73 | 1 | / |
| Opubos | 73 | 1 | / |
| Opaubo | 73 | 1 | / |
| Opuibe | 73 | 1 | / |
| Hopubo | 73 | 1 | / |
| Abpouba | 67 | 4 | / |
| Hapubai | 67 | 1 | / |
| Appouba | 67 | 1 | / |
| Opibhai | 67 | 1 | / |
| Opoubio | 67 | 1 | / |
| Appubai | 67 | 1 | / |
| Gopuvau | 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 Opuba
- 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