Obanyo Surname
Approximately 14 people bear this surname
Obanyo Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uganda | 8 | 1:4,879,910 | 106,546 |
| South Sudan | 4 | 1:2,853,769 | 1,758 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
Obanyo Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Obanyo Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Obanyo is found in Uganda more than any other country or territory. It may be found in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Obanyo? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 5,213,395th most common last name on a worldwide basis, borne by approximately 1 in 520,538,994 people. Obanyo is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Obanyo are found; 93 percent are found in East Africa and 57 percent are found in East Bantu Africa.
The surname is most commonly occurring in Uganda, where it is borne by 8 people, or 1 in 4,879,910. In Uganda it is primarily found in: Serere District, where 75 percent reside and Soroti District, where 25 percent reside. Not including Uganda Obanyo occurs in 3 countries. It is also found in South Sudan, where 29 percent reside and Kenya, where 7 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
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- 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 Obanyo
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