Obeny Surname
Approximately 198 people bear this surname
Obeny Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uganda | 195 | 1:200,201 | 16,084 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 4 | 1:6,093,842 | 135,151 |
Obeny (12) may also be a first name.
Obeny Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Obeny Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Obeny is found in Uganda more than any other country or territory. It can also be found as:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Obeny? popularity and diffusion
Obeny is the 1,194,481st most commonly occurring last name globally, borne by around 1 in 36,805,787 people. The surname Obeny occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Obeny are found; 98 percent are found in East Africa and 96 percent are found in Nilo-Saharan Africa. It is also the 3,306,491st most frequently used forename at a global level, borne by 12 people.
The surname Obeny is most numerous in Uganda, where it is borne by 195 people, or 1 in 200,201. In Uganda it is mostly concentrated in: Kole District, where 43 percent live, Apac District, where 36 percent live and Lira District, where 16 percent live. Excluding Uganda this last name occurs in 3 countries. It also occurs in The Ivory Coast, where 1 percent live and Nigeria, 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 Obeny
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