Obama (surname)

Obama

Origin
Language(s)	Fang and Luo, Japanese
Meaning	Little beach (Japanese)
Region of origin	African Great Lakes, Middle Africa, Japan

Obama is a surname.

Origins

• Obama is a common Fang surname in western Central Africa.
• Obama is a common Luo surname. The Luo word Obam means "to lean or bend".[1]
• Obama (小浜 or 小濱) is a Japanese surname literally meaning "little beach"

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
    • Bo (dog) (born 2008), a pet dog of the Obama family
    • Sunny (dog) (born 2012), a pet dog of the Obama family
• Florent Obama (born 1991), a Cameroonian footballer
• Francisco Pascual Obama Asue, Equatoguinean prime minister since 2016
• Jōkō Obama (小浜浄鉱, 1886–1948), a Japanese bureaucrat and politician
• Natsuki Obama (小濱なつき, born 1984), a Japanese fashion model and actor
• Ricardo Mangue Obama Nfubea (born 1961), Equatoguinean prime minister 2006–08
• Youssef Obama (born 1994), an Egyptian footballer

See also

• Obama (disambiguation)
• Ohama (disambiguation)
• Kohama (disambiguation)

References

1. "What do the words "Barack" and "Obama" literally mean?". Dictionary.com. 3 September 2010. Retrieved 28 June 2016.