Obora Surname
Approximately 1,996 people bear this surname
Obora Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 705 | 1:65,503 | 6,298 |
| Nigeria | 458 | 1:386,775 | 20,431 |
| Ukraine | 285 | 1:159,729 | 22,116 |
| Poland | 265 | 1:143,429 | 20,662 |
| Russia | 129 | 1:1,117,233 | 83,491 |
| United States | 40 | 1:9,061,473 | 385,835 |
| Uganda | 27 | 1:1,445,899 | 53,777 |
| Hungary | 16 | 1:613,517 | 35,830 |
| Kazakhstan | 10 | 1:1,768,250 | 83,699 |
| Argentina | 10 | 1:4,274,341 | 152,056 |
| Slovakia | 10 | 1:533,645 | 60,629 |
| India | 9 | 1:85,229,487 | 684,495 |
| France | 7 | 1:9,488,960 | 336,266 |
| Papua New Guinea | 7 | 1:1,164,817 | 109,517 |
| Congo | 5 | 1:997,819 | 17,129 |
| Japan | 2 | 1:63,922,146 | 62,827 |
| Norway | 2 | 1:2,571,143 | 95,402 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 1 | 1:5,972,654 | 99,197 |
| Lithuania | 1 | 1:3,034,588 | 47,401 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
| Bulgaria | 1 | 1:6,978,905 | 86,260 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Belarus | 1 | 1:9,501,059 | 159,228 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
Obora (104) may also be a first name.
Obora Demographics
Average Obora Salary in
United States
$51,661 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Obora Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Obora Come From? nationality or country of origin
Obora (Russian: Обора) is carried by more people in Kenya than any other country or territory. It may be found as:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Obora? popularity and diffusion
The surname Obora is the 207,403rd most commonly used surname world-wide, borne by approximately 1 in 3,651,075 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 60 percent of Obora live; 37 percent live in East Africa and 25 percent live in Nilo-Saharan Africa. It is also the 925,156th most prevalent first name internationally. It is borne by 104 people.
The last name Obora is most prevalent in Kenya, where it is carried by 705 people, or 1 in 65,503. In Kenya Obora is most common in: Kisumu County, where 44 percent are found, Nairobi County, where 17 percent are found and Homa Bay County, where 16 percent are found. Barring Kenya it is found in 25 countries. It is also found in Nigeria, where 23 percent are found and Ukraine, where 14 percent are found.
Obora Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those bearing the Obora last name is predominantly Orthodox (50%) in Russia, Christian (100%) in Kenya and Orthodox (100%) in Ukraine.
In The United States those holding the Obora surname are 3.23% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 50% registered with the political party.
Obora earn notably more than the average income. In United States they earn 19.73% more than the national average, earning $51,661 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Obora Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Obora in the Russian language | ||
| Обора | obora | - |
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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
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- 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 Obora
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