Obong Surname
Approximately 21,292 people bear this surname
Obong Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uganda | 11,311 | 1:3,451 | 617 |
| Nigeria | 6,770 | 1:26,166 | 2,250 |
| Ethiopia | 1,771 | 1:55,080 | 5,737 |
| Philippines | 1,057 | 1:95,779 | 16,673 |
| United States | 97 | 1:3,736,690 | 206,520 |
| Indonesia | 80 | 1:1,653,115 | 108,474 |
| Kenya | 70 | 1:659,713 | 29,380 |
| Cameroon | 61 | 1:340,477 | 30,746 |
| England | 25 | 1:2,228,722 | 84,230 |
| Germany | 10 | 1:8,050,546 | 248,660 |
| Malaysia | 7 | 1:4,213,461 | 150,293 |
| Qatar | 6 | 1:393,000 | 55,922 |
| Tanzania | 4 | 1:13,235,403 | 84,310 |
| South Sudan | 4 | 1:2,853,769 | 1,758 |
| Canada | 3 | 1:12,281,864 | 364,614 |
| Norway | 2 | 1:2,571,143 | 95,402 |
| Taiwan | 2 | 1:11,722,373 | 63,559 |
| Northern Ireland | 1 | 1:1,845,036 | 20,648 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| Sudan | 1 | 1:37,510,195 | 14,259 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Somalia | 1 | 1:13,452,061 | 9,224 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1:124,126,205 | 103,776 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
Obong (4,368) may also be a first name.
Obong Demographics
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Obong Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Obong Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Obong occurs in Uganda more than any other country or territory. It can occur as:. Click here for other possible spellings of Obong.
How Common Is The Last Name Obong? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 25,331st most commonly held last name worldwide It is held by around 1 in 342,267 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 94 percent of Obong reside; 62 percent reside in East Africa and 50 percent reside in Nilo-Saharan Africa. It is also the 104,470th most frequently used first name world-wide It is held by 4,368 people.
The surname Obong is most frequently held in Uganda, where it is borne by 11,311 people, or 1 in 3,451. In Uganda Obong is most common in: Oyam District, where 31 percent are found, Lira District, where 20 percent are found and Kole District, where 19 percent are found. Excluding Uganda this surname exists in 28 countries. It is also common in Nigeria, where 32 percent are found and Ethiopia, where 8 percent are found.
Obong Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those holding the surname is primarily Christian (100%) in Kenya.
In The United States those holding the Obong last name are 23.69% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 76.92% registered to vote for the political party.
The amount Obong earn in different countries varies significantly. In Norway they earn 31.39% less than the national average, earning 237,431 kr per year and in United States they earn 4.77% less than the national average, earning $41,090 USD per year.
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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 Obong
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