Obege Surname
Approximately 445 people bear this surname
Obege Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 392 | 1:117,806 | 9,903 |
| Nigeria | 35 | 1:5,061,222 | 131,727 |
| Mauritania | 9 | 1:454,985 | 17,374 |
| United States | 5 | 1:72,491,787 | 1,102,614 |
| Tanzania | 2 | 1:26,470,806 | 111,653 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1:124,126,205 | 103,776 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
Obege (11) may also be a first name.
Obege Demographics
Obege Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Obege Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Obege Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Obege (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻭﺑﺞ, Russian: Объеге) is found most frequently in Kenya. It may also appear as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Obege? popularity and diffusion
The surname Obege is the 671,677th most commonly occurring last name globally, borne by around 1 in 16,376,508 people. This last name is primarily found in Africa, where 99 percent of Obege are found; 89 percent are found in East Africa and 53 percent are found in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 3,487,849th most commonly occurring forename globally, held by 11 people.
This last name is most frequently occurring in Kenya, where it is borne by 392 people, or 1 in 117,806. In Kenya Obege is most numerous in: Vihiga County, where 38 percent are found, Kakamega County, where 31 percent are found and Nairobi County, where 26 percent are found. Besides Kenya it occurs in 6 countries. It is also found in Nigeria, where 8 percent are found and Mauritania, where 2 percent are found.
Obege Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those carrying the last name is principally Christian (100%) in Kenya.
Obege earn a lot more than the average income. In United States they earn 48.71% more than the national average, earning $64,167 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Obege Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Obege in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺍﻭﺑﺞ | awbj | - |
| Obege in the Russian language | ||
| Объеге | obege | - |
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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 Obege
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