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
Oboso has its highest incidence in Kenya. It may also appear as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Oboso? popularity and diffusion
Oboso is the 1,491,356th most frequently used surname at a global level It is held by around 1 in 51,684,723 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Oboso live; 59 percent live in East Africa and 52 percent live in East Bantu Africa. Oboso is also the 727,628th most widely held first name internationally, borne by 159 people.
The surname is most widely held in Kenya, where it is borne by 75 people, or 1 in 615,732. In Kenya Oboso is most frequent in: Nyamira County, where 97 percent reside, Kericho County, where 1 percent reside and Kisii County, where 1 percent reside. Not including Kenya this surname is found in 5 countries. It is also common in Nigeria, where 38 percent reside and Uganda, where 6 percent reside.
Oboso Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those bearing 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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