Obiero Surname
Approximately 16,648 people bear this surname
Obiero Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 15,743 | 1:2,933 | 461 |
| Tanzania | 567 | 1:93,371 | 9,318 |
| Nigeria | 137 | 1:1,293,013 | 51,317 |
| United States | 73 | 1:4,965,191 | 254,179 |
| Uganda | 55 | 1:709,805 | 35,417 |
| Kuwait | 29 | 1:131,058 | 14,967 |
| England | 13 | 1:4,286,005 | 132,302 |
| Canada | 4 | 1:9,211,398 | 321,528 |
| Germany | 4 | 1:20,126,365 | 436,245 |
| United Arab Emirates | 4 | 1:2,290,568 | 60,372 |
| Denmark | 2 | 1:2,822,358 | 76,882 |
| Iceland | 2 | 1:190,045 | 6,825 |
| Philippines | 2 | 1:50,619,112 | 341,003 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Maldives | 1 | 1:404,172 | 7,269 |
| Sudan | 1 | 1:37,510,195 | 14,259 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| Zambia | 1 | 1:15,849,922 | 53,989 |
| Qatar | 1 | 1:2,357,999 | 76,403 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Afghanistan | 1 | 1:32,153,183 | 60,828 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Japan | 1 | 1:127,844,293 | 73,547 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Angola | 1 | 1:26,989,214 | 11,853 |
Obiero (3,116) may also be a first name.
Obiero Demographics
Obiero Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Obiero Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Obiero Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Obiero occurs in Kenya more than any other country or territory. It can also appear as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Obiero? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 32,026th most widespread family name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by around 1 in 437,743 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Obiero live; 98 percent live in East Africa and 61 percent live in Nilo-Saharan Africa. It is also the 129,076th most numerous first name throughout the world, held by 3,116 people.
This surname is most commonly held in Kenya, where it is carried by 15,743 people, or 1 in 2,933. In Kenya Obiero is primarily found in: Kisumu County, where 15 percent live, Nairobi County, where 14 percent live and Siaya County, where 14 percent live. Without taking into account Kenya this last name exists in 25 countries. It is also found in Tanzania, where 3 percent live and Nigeria, where 1 percent live.
Obiero Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those holding the surname is chiefly Christian (100%) in Kenya.
In The United States those holding the Obiero last name are 19.9% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 66.67% being registered to vote for the party.
Obiero earn around the same as the average income. In United States they earn 1.26% more than the national average, earning $43,694 USD per year.
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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
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- 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
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