Obech Surname
Approximately 158 people bear this surname
Obech Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 156 | 1:296,025 | 18,882 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 5 | 1:10,043,737 | 422,899 |
Obech Demographics
Obech Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Obech Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Obech Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Obech occurs in Kenya more than any other country or territory. It can also occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Obech? popularity and diffusion
The last name Obech is the 1,385,851st most commonly occurring surname in the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 46,123,708 people. The surname Obech is mostly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Obech live; 99 percent live in East Africa and 99 percent live in Nilo-Saharan Africa.
The last name Obech is most frequently occurring in Kenya, where it is carried by 156 people, or 1 in 296,025. In Kenya Obech is most frequent in: Homa Bay County, where 99 percent are found, Kajiado County, where 1 percent are found and Migori County, where 1 percent are found. Excluding Kenya this last name occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in Indonesia, where 1 percent are found and Nigeria, where 1 percent are found.
Obech Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those bearing the surname is principally 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 Obech
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