Obirai Surname
Approximately 320 people bear this surname
Obirai Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uganda | 290 | 1:134,618 | 12,333 |
| Nigeria | 27 | 1:6,560,843 | 154,927 |
| India | 2 | 1:383,532,691 | 1,645,216 |
| Qatar | 1 | 1:2,357,999 | 76,403 |
Obirai Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Obirai Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Obirai is held by more people in Uganda than any other country or territory. It may appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Obirai? popularity and diffusion
The last name Obirai is the 853,416th most frequently used last name world-wide It is held by around 1 in 22,773,581 people. The last name Obirai occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Obirai live; 91 percent live in East Africa and 89 percent live in East Bantu Africa.
This last name is most widespread in Uganda, where it is carried by 290 people, or 1 in 134,618. In Uganda it is most frequent in: Amuria District, where 53 percent reside, Serere District, where 26 percent reside and Soroti District, where 9 percent reside. Beside Uganda it is found in 3 countries. It is also found in Nigeria, where 8 percent reside and India, where 1 percent reside.
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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 Obirai
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