Obeyia Surname
Approximately 6 people bear this surname
Obeyia Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 5 | 1:9,235,980 | 55,978 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
Obeyia Demographics
Obeyia Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Obeyia Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Obeyia Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Obeyia is more commonly found in Kenya than any other country/territory. It may occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Obeyia? popularity and diffusion
The last name Obeyia is the 7,593,402nd most frequent family name globally, held by approximately 1 in 1,214,590,986 people. Obeyia occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Obeyia live; 100 percent live in East Africa and 67 percent live in Nilo-Saharan Africa.
The last name Obeyia is most frequently held in Kenya, where it is borne by 5 people, or 1 in 9,235,980. In Kenya it is most prevalent in: Busia County, where 80 percent reside and Kakamega County, where 20 percent reside. Besides Kenya it occurs in one country. It also occurs in Uganda, where 17 percent reside.
Obeyia Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those holding the 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 Obeyia
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