Obelai Surname
Approximately 97 people bear this surname
Obelai Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 90 | 1:513,110 | 25,838 |
| Uganda | 6 | 1:6,506,546 | 123,710 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
Obelai (28) may also be a first name.
Obelai Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Obelai Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Obelai occurs in Kenya more than any other country/territory. It may be found as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Obelai? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 1,882,912th most commonly occurring family name throughout the world, borne by around 1 in 75,129,339 people. The surname Obelai is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Obelai live; 99 percent live in East Africa and 93 percent live in Nilo-Saharan Africa. Obelai is also the 1,994,417th most commonly used first name worldwide, borne by 28 people.
The surname is most common in Kenya, where it is held by 90 people, or 1 in 513,110. In Kenya it is mostly concentrated in: Busia County, where 100 percent live. Other than Kenya Obelai exists in 2 countries. It is also found in Uganda, where 6 percent live and Cameroon, where 1 percent live.
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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 Obelai
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