Uboru Surname

6,723,624th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 8 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Papua New Guinea
Highest density in:
Papua New Guinea

Uboru Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Uboru Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Papua New Guinea51:1,630,743129,019
Nigeria31:59,047,586507,603

Uboru Last Name Facts

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

The surname Uboru is held by more people in Papua New Guinea than any other country/territory. It may appear as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Uboru? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 6,723,624th most numerous last name at a global level. It is borne by around 1 in 910,943,240 people. The surname occurs mostly in Oceania, where 63 percent of Uboru reside; 63 percent reside in Oceania Islands and 63 percent reside in Papuan Oceania.

The last name is most frequently held in Papua New Guinea, where it is borne by 5 people, or 1 in 1,630,743. In Papua New Guinea Uboru is most numerous in: Western, where 60 percent live, Gulf, where 20 percent live and National Capital District, where 20 percent live. Barring Papua New Guinea this surname exists in one country. It also occurs in Nigeria, where 38 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Uborgu914/
Usborus830/
Ubaru80511/
Uburu80426/
Uberu80233/
Oboru80107/
Iboru808/
Uworu803/
Auboirou771/
Heuborus770/
Oborou7341/
Guburu7316/
Uberhu7311/
Ubauru737/
Gubaru732/
Usbaru731/
Umporu731/
Auburu731/
Ubharu731/
Auberu731/
Oborui731/
Auboiroux71189/
Houbourou717/
Oubourgou711/
Obourou67272/
Gaubaru674/
Hauburu673/
Oubarou673/
Ouworou672/
Ubaurau671/
Goubaru671/
Gubargu671/
Hubarau671/

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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 Uboru
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