Obango Surname
Approximately 379 people bear this surname
Obango Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 332 | 1:139,096 | 11,295 |
| Uganda | 26 | 1:1,501,511 | 54,973 |
| Germany | 7 | 1:11,500,780 | 305,602 |
| DR Congo | 4 | 1:18,469,892 | 182,906 |
| Nigeria | 2 | 1:88,571,379 | 625,098 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 1:4,581,136 | 93,443 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Congo | 1 | 1:4,989,096 | 34,171 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
| Qatar | 1 | 1:2,357,999 | 76,403 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Obango (11) may also be a first name.
Obango Demographics
Obango Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Obango Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Obango Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Obango is held by more people in Kenya than any other country or territory. It may be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Obango? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 755,622nd most widespread family name worldwide, held by around 1 in 19,228,353 people. This surname is mostly found in Africa, where 97 percent of Obango live; 95 percent live in East Africa and 65 percent live in Nilo-Saharan Africa. Obango is also the 3,487,849th most commonly held forename at a global level. It is borne by 11 people.
The surname is most common in Kenya, where it is borne by 332 people, or 1 in 139,096. In Kenya Obango is most numerous in: Siaya County, where 35 percent are found, Nairobi County, where 24 percent are found and Kisumu County, where 20 percent are found. Outside of Kenya this surname is found in 11 countries. It is also found in Uganda, where 7 percent are found and Germany, where 2 percent are found.
Obango Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those holding the last name is principally Christian (100%) in Kenya.
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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 Obango
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