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 occurs most in Uganda. It can also be found as:. For other potential spellings of Obanja click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Obanja? popularity and diffusion
It is the 5,213,395th most prevalent surname on earth It is held by around 1 in 520,538,994 people. This last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Obanja live; 93 percent live in East Africa and 57 percent live in East Bantu Africa.
This surname is most commonly used in Uganda, where it is borne by 12 people, or 1 in 3,253,273. In Uganda Obanja is most common in: Tororo District, where 42 percent are found, Mayuge District, where 17 percent are found and Kampala District, where 8 percent are found. Other than Uganda it 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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