Obimbo Surname
Approximately 682 people bear this surname
Obimbo Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 449 | 1:102,851 | 8,952 |
| Tanzania | 226 | 1:234,255 | 19,221 |
| Uganda | 2 | 1:19,519,640 | 189,114 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
Obimbo Demographics
Obimbo Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Obimbo Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Obimbo Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Obimbo is found most frequently in Kenya. It may also occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Obimbo click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Obimbo? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 486,864th most frequently used family name world-wide. It is borne by around 1 in 10,685,551 people. This last name is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Obimbo live; 99 percent live in East Africa and 56 percent live in East Bantu Africa.
Obimbo is most frequent in Kenya, where it is held by 449 people, or 1 in 102,851. In Kenya Obimbo is primarily concentrated in: Nairobi County, where 32 percent reside, Kisumu County, where 24 percent reside and Migori County, where 20 percent reside. Excluding Kenya it occurs in 6 countries. It also occurs in Tanzania, where 33 percent reside and Uganda, where 0 percent reside.
Obimbo Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those bearing the last name is primarily Christian (100%) in Kenya.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Obimba | 83 | 1,212 | / |
| Obembo | 83 | 316 | / |
| Owimbo | 83 | 13 | / |
| Ebimbo | 83 | 10 | / |
| Abimbo | 83 | 7 | / |
| Obimuo | 83 | 1 | / |
| Obinmba | 77 | 22 | / |
| Obimbah | 77 | 13 | / |
| Abimbou | 77 | 7 | / |
| Obimmba | 77 | 3 | / |
| Obiomba | 77 | 3 | / |
| Abimboa | 77 | 3 | / |
| Obinnbo | 77 | 1 | / |
| Obmba | 73 | 1 | / |
| Ebimba | 67 | 658 | / |
| Abimba | 67 | 298 | / |
| Ebembo | 67 | 120 | / |
| Awimbo | 67 | 98 | / |
| Obinba | 67 | 47 | / |
| Avimbo | 67 | 32 | / |
| Abembo | 67 | 22 | / |
| Obinwo | 67 | 15 | / |
| Obemba | 67 | 4 | / |
| Obimwa | 67 | 3 | / |
| Ebinbo | 67 | 2 | / |
| Abimwo | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Obimbo
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