Obama (surname)

Obama
Family name
Meaning	Little beach (Japanese), to be twisted (Swahili)
Region of origin	Japan, East Africa
Language(s) of origin	Japanese, Swahili

Obama is a surname.

Origins

It is an African (Luo) surname. The origin of the name is based on the Luo verb that means “to be bent” or “to be twisted.”^[1] It is not an uncommon Luo surname.^[2] The name comes from Swahili and refers to members of the Luo tribe who converted to Islam.^[3]
Obama (小浜) is also a Japanese surname literally meaning "little beach"^[4]. The Obama clan (小浜氏) were a samurai clan of feudal Japan.

Barack Obama, U.S. President
Family of Barack Obama, an extended family of American, Kenyan, and Indonesian heritage
- 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, the third wife of Barack Obama's paternal grandfather
- Sarah Obama (aunt of Barack Obama) (born 1933), aunt of Barack Obama and elder sister of his father
Ricardo Mangue Obama Nfubea (born 1961), Prime Minister of Equatorial Guinea 2006–2008