Obisa Surname
Approximately 185 people bear this surname
Obisa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 148 | 1:312,026 | 19,474 |
| Nigeria | 14 | 1:12,653,054 | 227,444 |
| Uganda | 12 | 1:3,253,273 | 85,117 |
| Ethiopia | 9 | 1:10,838,474 | 14,518 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| Yemen | 1 | 1:26,425,294 | 55,147 |
Obisa (106) may also be a first name.
Obisa Demographics
Obisa Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Obisa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Obisa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Obisa occurs more in Kenya more than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Obisa click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Obisa? popularity and diffusion
It is the 1,248,410th most commonly held surname on a global scale, held by approximately 1 in 39,392,140 people. The last name is primarily found in Africa, where 99 percent of Obisa reside; 91 percent reside in East Africa and 76 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 915,176th most numerous first name world-wide, borne by 106 people.
Obisa is most frequent in Kenya, where it is carried by 148 people, or 1 in 312,026. In Kenya Obisa is most common in: Nyamira County, where 82 percent are found, Kisumu County, where 6 percent are found and Homa Bay County, where 3 percent are found. Outside of Kenya Obisa is found in 5 countries. It also occurs in Nigeria, where 8 percent are found and Uganda, where 6 percent are found.
Obisa Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those holding 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 Obisa
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