Obang Surname
Approximately 42,317 people bear this surname
Obang Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ethiopia | 33,001 | 1:2,956 | 516 |
| South Sudan | 5,813 | 1:1,964 | 387 |
| Uganda | 1,690 | 1:23,100 | 3,346 |
| Kenya | 722 | 1:63,961 | 6,182 |
| Philippines | 448 | 1:225,978 | 34,752 |
| Somalia | 196 | 1:68,633 | 2,887 |
| Nigeria | 123 | 1:1,440,185 | 55,603 |
| Cameroon | 78 | 1:266,270 | 25,687 |
| Indonesia | 63 | 1:2,099,194 | 130,130 |
| Malaysia | 58 | 1:508,521 | 25,379 |
| Sudan | 49 | 1:765,514 | 2,614 |
| United States | 21 | 1:17,259,949 | 572,238 |
| Papua New Guinea | 21 | 1:388,272 | 50,829 |
| India | 11 | 1:69,733,217 | 610,955 |
| Israel | 7 | 1:1,222,519 | 68,299 |
| England | 5 | 1:11,143,612 | 252,590 |
| Canada | 5 | 1:7,369,118 | 289,406 |
| DR Congo | 4 | 1:18,469,892 | 182,906 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Denmark | 1 | 1:5,644,715 | 93,155 |
Obang (16,464) may also be a first name.
Obang Demographics
Average Obang Salary in
United States
$33,114 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Obang Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Obang Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Obang is found in Ethiopia more than any other country or territory. It can appear as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Obang? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 13,237th most commonly held surname in the world, borne by around 1 in 172,213 people. The surname Obang occurs mostly in Africa, where 98 percent of Obang live; 98 percent live in East Africa and 78 percent live in Ethiosemitic Africa. It is also the 43,523rd most commonly used first name world-wide, held by 16,464 people.
The surname is most commonly occurring in Ethiopia, where it is borne by 33,001 people, or 1 in 2,956. Aside from Ethiopia it exists in 19 countries. It also occurs in South Sudan, where 14 percent reside and Uganda, where 4 percent reside.
Obang Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those bearing the last name is primarily Christian (100%) in Kenya.
Obang earn notably less less than the average income. In United States they earn 23.26% less than the national average, earning $33,114 USD per year.
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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 Obang
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