Obangi Surname
Approximately 232 people bear this surname
Obangi Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 122 | 1:378,524 | 21,706 |
| Uganda | 86 | 1:453,945 | 27,029 |
| DR Congo | 21 | 1:3,518,075 | 145,665 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Obangi Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Obangi Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Obangi is most common in Kenya. It can be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Obangi? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 1,070,546th most frequently used family name throughout the world, borne by around 1 in 31,411,836 people. This surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Obangi live; 90 percent live in East Africa and 45 percent live in East Bantu Africa.
This surname is most prevalent in Kenya, where it is held by 122 people, or 1 in 378,524. In Kenya Obangi is most prevalent in: Kisii County, where 56 percent reside, Nyamira County, where 40 percent reside and Kajiado County, where 1 percent reside. Besides Kenya this surname occurs in 5 countries. It is also common in Uganda, where 37 percent reside and The DR Congo, where 9 percent reside.
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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 Obangi
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