Obenge Surname
Approximately 343 people bear this surname
Obenge Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 220 | 1:209,909 | 15,013 |
| Tanzania | 70 | 1:756,309 | 41,721 |
| Cameroon | 26 | 1:798,810 | 55,510 |
| Nigeria | 16 | 1:11,071,422 | 210,388 |
| United States | 4 | 1:90,614,733 | 1,198,479 |
| England | 3 | 1:18,572,686 | 338,250 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
Obenge Demographics
Obenge Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Obenge Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Obenge Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Obenge is borne by more people in Kenya than any other country/territory. It can also be found as:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Obenge? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 812,930th most frequently used family name worldwide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 21,246,490 people. The last name Obenge occurs predominantly in Africa, where 97 percent of Obenge are found; 85 percent are found in East Africa and 68 percent are found in East Bantu Africa.
The last name Obenge is most common in Kenya, where it is held by 220 people, or 1 in 209,909. In Kenya it is mostly concentrated in: Nairobi County, where 74 percent reside, Siaya County, where 23 percent reside and Homa Bay County, where 2 percent reside. Other than Kenya this surname exists in 9 countries. It is also found in Tanzania, where 20 percent reside and Cameroon, where 8 percent reside.
Obenge Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those carrying the Obenge surname is primarily 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 Obenge
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