Obiro Surname
Approximately 781 people bear this surname
Obiro Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uganda | 525 | 1:74,361 | 8,154 |
| Kenya | 165 | 1:279,878 | 18,255 |
| Nigeria | 75 | 1:2,361,903 | 79,171 |
| England | 10 | 1:5,571,806 | 158,774 |
| Tanzania | 4 | 1:13,235,403 | 84,310 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
The alternate forms: Óbiró (14) & Óbíró (10) are calculated separately.
Obiro (21) may also be a first name.
Obiro Demographics
Obiro Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Obiro Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Obiro Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Obiro is found most frequently in Uganda. It may also be rendered as: Óbiró or Óbíró. For other potential spellings of Obiro click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Obiro? popularity and diffusion
The surname Obiro is the 438,773rd most numerous surname on a worldwide basis. It is borne by around 1 in 9,331,045 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 98 percent of Obiro are found; 89 percent are found in East Africa and 59 percent are found in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 2,368,944th most commonly used first name internationally, held by 21 people.
The surname is most widely held in Uganda, where it is carried by 525 people, or 1 in 74,361. In Uganda it is most prevalent in: Pallisa District, where 17 percent reside, Soroti District, where 14 percent reside and Serere District, where 13 percent reside. Excluding Uganda it occurs in 6 countries. It is also common in Kenya, where 21 percent reside and Nigeria, where 10 percent reside.
Obiro Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those bearing the surname is predominantly 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 Obiro
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