Obiny Surname
Approximately 176 people bear this surname
Obiny Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 130 | 1:355,230 | 20,851 |
| Uganda | 44 | 1:887,256 | 40,445 |
| Zambia | 2 | 1:7,924,961 | 45,994 |
Obiny Demographics
Obiny Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Obiny Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Obiny Come From? nationality or country of origin
Obiny is more commonly found in Kenya than any other country/territory. It can also be found as:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Obiny? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 1,290,735th most frequently occurring family name on a global scale. It is borne by approximately 1 in 41,406,511 people. The surname Obiny is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Obiny reside; 99 percent reside in East Africa and 93 percent reside in Nilo-Saharan Africa.
This last name is most widely held in Kenya, where it is carried by 130 people, or 1 in 355,230. In Kenya it is most prevalent in: Homa Bay County, where 49 percent are found, Kisumu County, where 42 percent are found and Migori County, where 3 percent are found. Barring Kenya this last name is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in Uganda, where 25 percent are found and Zambia, where 1 percent are found.
Obiny Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those holding the Obiny surname is principally 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 Obiny
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