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Obama (surname)

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Language(s) of origin
  
Japanese, Luo and Fang

Meaning
  
Little beach (Japanese)

Region of origin
  
Japan, African Great Lakes, Middle Africa

Obama is a surname.

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Origins

  • Obama is a common Luo surname. The Luo word Obam means "to lean or bend".
  • Obama (小浜) is also a Japanese surname literally meaning "little beach". The Obama clan (小浜氏) were a samurai clan of feudal Japan.
  • Obama is a common Fang surname in western Central Africa.

    • Notable people with this surname

  • Barack Obama, 44th President of the United States
  • Family of Barack Obama, an extended family of American and Kenyan heritage, including:
  • Barack Obama Sr. (1936–1982), Kenyan economist and father to Barack Obama
  • Michelle Obama (born 1964), wife of Barack Obama, and Vice President for Community and External Affairs for the University of Chicago Hospitals
  • Sarah Onyango Obama (born 1922), also known as Sarah Ogwei, Kenyan educator and philanthropist, the third wife of Barack Obama's paternal grandfather
  • Ricardo Mangue Obama Nfubea (born 1961), Equatoguinean prime minister 2006–08
  • Francisco Pascual Obama Asue, Equatoguinean prime minister since 2016
  • Fernando Obama (born 1985), an Equatoguinean footballer
  • Florent Obama (born 1991), a Cameroonian footballer

    • References

    Obama (surname) Wikipedia
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