Oboso Surname
Approximately 141 people bear this surname
Oboso Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 75 | 1:615,732 | 28,396 |
| Nigeria | 54 | 1:3,280,421 | 99,135 |
| Uganda | 8 | 1:4,879,910 | 106,546 |
| South Africa | 2 | 1:27,088,852 | 277,613 |
| Sudan | 1 | 1:37,510,195 | 14,259 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Oboso (159) may also be a first name.
Oboso Demographics
Oboso Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Oboso Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Oboso Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Oboso is most common in Kenya. It may occur as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of Oboso.
How Common Is The Last Name Oboso? popularity and diffusion
The surname Oboso is the 1,491,356th most commonly held family name internationally, borne by around 1 in 51,684,723 people. This last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Oboso are found; 59 percent are found in East Africa and 52 percent are found in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 727,628th most commonly occurring first name in the world, borne by 159 people.
This last name is most commonly used in Kenya, where it is held by 75 people, or 1 in 615,732. In Kenya it is most numerous in: Nyamira County, where 97 percent live, Kericho County, where 1 percent live and Kisii County, where 1 percent live. Other than Kenya it exists in 5 countries. It is also common in Nigeria, where 38 percent live and Uganda, where 6 percent live.
Oboso Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those carrying the Oboso last name is chiefly 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 Oboso
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