Obama (surname)

Obama is a surname. It most commonly refers to Barack Obama (born 1961), the 44th president of the United States.

Obama

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

Origins

• Obama is a common Fang surname in western Central Africa.
• Obama is a common Luo surname. It means "to lean", "to bend",^[1] "bent over", or "limping".^[2]
• Obama, also translated as Ohama or Kohama, (小浜 or 小濱) is a Japanese surname literally meaning "little beach" or "little island". It was the surname of a samurai clan.^[3]

Notable people with this surname

• Barack Obama (born 1961), 44th president of the United States
  • Family of Barack Obama, an extended family of American and Kenyan heritage, including:
    • Michelle Obama (born 1964), wife of Barack Obama, and Vice President for Community and External Affairs for the University of Chicago Hospitals
    • Barack Obama Sr. (1936–1982), Kenyan economist and father to Barack Obama
    • Sarah Onyango Obama (1922–2021), also known as Sarah Ogwei, Kenyan educator and philanthropist, the third wife of Barack Obama's paternal grandfather
    • Auma Obama (born 1960), paternal half-sister of Barack Obama
    • Malik Obama (born 1958), paternal half-brother of Barack Obama
• Florent Obama (born 1991), a Cameroonian footballer
• Francisco Pascual Obama Asue, Equatoguinean prime minister 2016–23
• 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)