Obeyo Surname
Approximately 147 people bear this surname
Obeyo Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uganda | 134 | 1:291,338 | 20,450 |
| Kenya | 7 | 1:6,597,129 | 51,431 |
| Nigeria | 5 | 1:35,428,552 | 388,973 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
Obeyo Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Obeyo Come From? nationality or country of origin
Obeyo has its highest incidence in Uganda. It can be found as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Obeyo? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 1,453,389th most commonly held family name worldwide It is held by approximately 1 in 49,575,142 people. The last name Obeyo occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Obeyo live; 96 percent live in East Africa and 80 percent live in Nilo-Saharan Africa.
The surname is most commonly held in Uganda, where it is carried by 134 people, or 1 in 291,338. In Uganda it is most prevalent in: Nebbi District, where 54 percent are found, Zombo District, where 13 percent are found and Tororo District, where 10 percent are found. Not including Uganda this surname occurs in 3 countries. It is also found in Kenya, where 5 percent are found and Nigeria, where 3 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 Obeyo
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