Obanja Surname
Approximately 14 people bear this surname
Obanja Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uganda | 12 | 1:3,253,273 | 85,117 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
Obanja Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Obanja Come From? nationality or country of origin
Obanja is more commonly found in Uganda than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Obanja.
How Common Is The Last Name Obanja? popularity and diffusion
The surname Obanja is the 5,213,395th most widely held surname at a global level, held by around 1 in 520,538,994 people. The surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Obanja reside; 93 percent reside in East Africa and 57 percent reside in East Bantu Africa.
The last name is most frequently occurring in Uganda, where it is held by 12 people, or 1 in 3,253,273. In Uganda Obanja is most frequent in: Tororo District, where 42 percent are found, Mayuge District, where 17 percent are found and Kampala District, where 8 percent are found. Aside from Uganda this last name exists in 2 countries. It is also common in Nigeria, where 7 percent are found and Tanzania, where 7 percent are found.
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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 Obanja
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