Obose Surname
Approximately 632 people bear this surname
Obose Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Africa | 449 | 1:120,663 | 14,311 |
| Nigeria | 170 | 1:1,042,016 | 43,672 |
| Kenya | 10 | 1:4,617,990 | 42,693 |
| Uganda | 2 | 1:19,519,640 | 189,114 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
Obose (34) may also be a first name.
Obose Demographics
Average Obose Salary in
South Africa
R 166,560
Per year
Average Salary in
South Africa
R 237,638
Per year
Obose Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Obose Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Obose is more frequently found in South Africa than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Obose.
How Common Is The Last Name Obose? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 515,938th most frequent last name globally, borne by around 1 in 11,530,927 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Obose live; 71 percent live in Southern Africa and 71 percent live in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,775,424th most widely held first name in the world, borne by 34 people.
Obose is most commonly held in South Africa, where it is borne by 449 people, or 1 in 120,663. In South Africa Obose is most numerous in: Eastern Cape, where 44 percent are found, Gauteng, where 28 percent are found and Western Cape, where 14 percent are found. Outside of South Africa this surname is found in 4 countries. It is also found in Nigeria, where 27 percent are found and Kenya, where 2 percent are found.
Obose Last Name Statistics demography
Obose earn significantly less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 29.91% less than the national average, earning R 166,560 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 Obose
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