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
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Obora Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Obora Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Obora (Russian: Обора) is carried by more people in Kenya than any other country or territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Obora click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Obora? popularity and diffusion
It is the 207,403rd most numerous family name on a global scale, held by approximately 1 in 3,651,075 people. The last name Obora occurs predominantly in Africa, where 60 percent of Obora live; 37 percent live in East Africa and 25 percent live in Nilo-Saharan Africa. Obora is also the 925,156th most frequently held given name at a global level It is held by 104 people.
It is most frequently used in Kenya, where it is borne by 705 people, or 1 in 65,503. In Kenya Obora is most prevalent in: Kisumu County, where 44 percent live, Nairobi County, where 17 percent live and Homa Bay County, where 16 percent live. Apart from Kenya it occurs in 25 countries. It is also common in Nigeria, where 23 percent live and Ukraine, where 14 percent live.
Obora Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those bearing the Obora surname is primarily 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 with the Republican Party than The US 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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