Obenja Surname
Approximately 3 people bear this surname
Obenja Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
Obenja Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Obenja Come From? nationality or country of origin
Obenja occurs more in Kenya more than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Obenja? popularity and diffusion
It is the 10,311,814th most frequently occurring surname at a global level. It is borne by approximately 1 in 2,147,483,647 people. The last name Obenja is predominantly found in Africa, where 67 percent of Obenja live; 67 percent live in East Africa and 67 percent live in East Bantu Africa.
The surname is most commonly held in Kenya, where it is carried by 1 people, or 1 in 46,179,900. In Kenya Obenja is mostly concentrated in: Nairobi County, where 100 percent live. Other than Kenya Obenja occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in The Philippines, where 33 percent live and Uganda, where 33 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Obienja | 92 | 1 | / |
| Oubenjah | 86 | 136 | / |
| Obenza | 83 | 3,225 | / |
| Obenia | 83 | 166 | / |
| Owenja | 83 | 132 | / |
| Obensa | 83 | 91 | / |
| Obenya | 83 | 36 | / |
| Obenjo | 83 | 15 | / |
| Obanja | 83 | 14 | / |
| Ebenja | 83 | 6 | / |
| Obenca | 83 | 3 | / |
| Abenja | 83 | 3 | / |
| Obenji | 83 | 2 | / |
| Obinja | 83 | 2 | / |
| Obienza | 77 | 11 | / |
| Obenyah | 77 | 2 | / |
| Obenjie | 77 | 1 | / |
| Obeniah | 77 | 1 | / |
| Abenjya | 77 | 1 | / |
| Abenija | 77 | 1 | / |
| Obindja | 77 | 1 | / |
| Obenxza | 77 | 1 | / |
| Obnjauh | 77 | 0 | / |
| Ebenijah | 71 | 2 | / |
| Abenojia | 71 | 1 | / |
| Abenza | 67 | 1,794 | / |
| Abenia | 67 | 743 | / |
| Owinja | 67 | 544 | / |
| Owenya | 67 | 432 | / |
| Obania | 67 | 349 | / |
| Obenge | 67 | 343 | / |
| Obinya | 67 | 286 | / |
| Abanja | 67 | 121 | / |
| Abenya | 67 | 84 | / |
| Obenye | 67 | 73 | / |
| Obinia | 67 | 60 | / |
| Ebanja | 67 | 44 | / |
| Obenyo | 67 | 26 | / |
| Abenji | 67 | 25 | / |
| Abenea | 67 | 22 | / |
| Obonia | 67 | 20 | / |
| Ubenia | 67 | 19 | / |
| Obenio | 67 | 18 | / |
| Obinza | 67 | 16 | / |
| Ebenia | 67 | 13 | / |
| Abensa | 67 | 12 | / |
| Obinsa | 67 | 12 | / |
| Gobenceau | 67 | 10 | / |
| Abinja | 67 | 8 | / |
| Oubensaid | 67 | 7 | / |
| Obeñia | 67 | 6 | / |
| Obinjo | 67 | 5 | / |
| Obinje | 67 | 5 | / |
| Obanjo | 67 | 4 | / |
| Ebinja | 67 | 4 | / |
| Ovenia | 67 | 4 | / |
| Ebonja | 67 | 3 | / |
| Abenjo | 67 | 3 | / |
| Obhenaiye | 67 | 3 | / |
| Obenzo | 67 | 3 | / |
| Obenso | 67 | 3 | / |
| Abenca | 67 | 3 | / |
| Obinea | 67 | 2 | / |
| Obeñea | 67 | 2 | / |
| Owenjo | 67 | 1 | / |
| Owenia | 67 | 1 | / |
| Obinca | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ovenya | 67 | 1 | / |
| Awenja | 67 | 1 | / |
| Abonja | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Obenja
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