Obanyi Surname
Approximately 565 people bear this surname
Obanyi Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 455 | 1:101,494 | 8,867 |
| Nigeria | 91 | 1:1,946,624 | 68,955 |
| Uganda | 16 | 1:2,439,955 | 72,451 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Iraq | 1 | 1:35,021,654 | 31,813 |
Obanyi (83) may also be a first name.
Obanyi Demographics
Obanyi Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Obanyi Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Obanyi Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Obanyi occurs most in Kenya. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Obanyi.
How Common Is The Last Name Obanyi? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 561,353rd most frequently used family name on a global scale, held by around 1 in 12,898,311 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Obanyi reside; 83 percent reside in East Africa and 56 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,052,971st most widespread given name internationally, held by 83 people.
The last name Obanyi is most widely held in Kenya, where it is borne by 455 people, or 1 in 101,494. In Kenya it is most frequent in: Nyamira County, where 53 percent live, Kisii County, where 30 percent live and Nakuru County, where 11 percent live. Beside Kenya this surname occurs in 4 countries. It is also found in Nigeria, where 16 percent live and Uganda, where 3 percent live.
Obanyi Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those bearing the Obanyi surname is primarily 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 Obanyi
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