Obare Surname
Approximately 9,636 people bear this surname
Obare Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 8,912 | 1:5,182 | 724 |
| Nigeria | 481 | 1:368,280 | 19,684 |
| Tanzania | 83 | 1:637,851 | 38,732 |
| United States | 43 | 1:8,429,278 | 367,833 |
| India | 28 | 1:27,395,192 | 354,286 |
| Papua New Guinea | 23 | 1:354,509 | 47,011 |
| Uganda | 21 | 1:1,859,013 | 62,128 |
| Sudan | 16 | 1:2,344,387 | 4,438 |
| England | 11 | 1:5,065,278 | 148,650 |
| Qatar | 6 | 1:393,000 | 55,922 |
| Canada | 3 | 1:12,281,864 | 364,614 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| Congo | 1 | 1:4,989,096 | 34,171 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Ukraine | 1 | 1:45,522,696 | 503,646 |
| Botswana | 1 | 1:2,186,929 | 30,250 |
| Afghanistan | 1 | 1:32,153,183 | 60,828 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 10 | 1:5,021,868 | 210,693 |
Obare (2,329) may also be a first name.
Obare Demographics
Obare Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Obare Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Obare Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Obare (Hindi: ओबरे, Marathi: ओबरे) is held by more people in Kenya than any other country/territory. It can also occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Obare? popularity and diffusion
It is the 53,056th most widely held last name on earth. It is borne by around 1 in 756,283 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Obare reside; 94 percent reside in East Africa and 49 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. Obare is also the 154,166th most frequently used given name internationally, borne by 2,329 people.
The surname Obare is most frequently used in Kenya, where it is held by 8,912 people, or 1 in 5,182. In Kenya it is primarily found in: Nyamira County, where 24 percent live, Kisii County, where 23 percent live and Nairobi County, where 12 percent live. Aside from Kenya it is found in 19 countries. It is also common in Nigeria, where 5 percent live and Tanzania, where 1 percent live.
Obare Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Obare has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Obare last name grew 430 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Obare Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those holding the Obare last name is principally Christian (100%) in Kenya.
In The United States Obare are 3.23% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 50% registered to vote for the party.
Obare earn around the same as the average income. In United States they earn 4.49% more than the national average, earning $45,086 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Obare Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Obare in the Hindi language | ||
| ओबरे | obare | - |
| Obare in the Marathi language | ||
| ओबरे | obare | - |
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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 Obare
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