Obeti Surname
Approximately 1,660 people bear this surname
Obeti Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uganda | 1,606 | 1:24,308 | 3,472 |
| DR Congo | 21 | 1:3,518,075 | 145,665 |
| Indonesia | 11 | 1:12,022,654 | 410,938 |
| India | 5 | 1:153,413,076 | 951,030 |
| Papua New Guinea | 5 | 1:1,630,743 | 129,019 |
| Tanzania | 5 | 1:10,588,323 | 75,430 |
| Nigeria | 2 | 1:88,571,379 | 625,098 |
| Solomon Islands | 2 | 1:290,014 | 19,875 |
| Congo | 1 | 1:4,989,096 | 34,171 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Malawi | 1 | 1:17,119,109 | 34,144 |
Obeti (281) may also be a first name.
Obeti Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Obeti Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Obeti occurs in Uganda more than any other country/territory. It may also occur in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Obeti? popularity and diffusion
It is the 240,883rd most frequent surname world-wide, borne by approximately 1 in 4,390,088 people. The surname is primarily found in Africa, where 99 percent of Obeti are found; 97 percent are found in East Africa and 86 percent are found in Nilo-Saharan Africa. Obeti is also the 528,876th most frequently held given name worldwide. It is borne by 281 people.
The last name is most commonly held in Uganda, where it is borne by 1,606 people, or 1 in 24,308. In Uganda it is most common in: Arua District, where 70 percent are found, Maracha District, where 17 percent are found and Masindi District, where 4 percent are found. Not including Uganda this last name occurs in 10 countries. It is also found in The DR Congo, where 1 percent are found and Indonesia, where 1 percent are found.
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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 Obeti
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