Oboya Surname
Approximately 3,486 people bear this surname
Oboya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ethiopia | 3,220 | 1:30,294 | 3,612 |
| Kenya | 112 | 1:412,321 | 22,772 |
| Uganda | 59 | 1:661,683 | 33,952 |
| Nigeria | 54 | 1:3,280,421 | 99,135 |
| Papua New Guinea | 19 | 1:429,143 | 55,452 |
| Congo | 10 | 1:498,910 | 11,250 |
| Argentina | 4 | 1:10,685,854 | 219,200 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| South Sudan | 1 | 1:11,415,076 | 3,182 |
| Sudan | 1 | 1:37,510,195 | 14,259 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Oboya (2,707) may also be a first name.
Oboya Demographics
Oboya Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Oboya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Oboya Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Oboya is borne by more people in Ethiopia than any other country or territory. It may also occur as:. For other possible spellings of Oboya click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Oboya? popularity and diffusion
Oboya is the 129,868th most frequently occurring family name globally, held by around 1 in 2,090,518 people. The surname Oboya is predominantly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Oboya reside; 97 percent reside in East Africa and 92 percent reside in Ethiosemitic Africa. It is also the 140,727th most widely held forename throughout the world, held by 2,707 people.
The surname is most commonly used in Ethiopia, where it is borne by 3,220 people, or 1 in 30,294. Other than Ethiopia this last name is found in 14 countries. It is also common in Kenya, where 3 percent are found and Uganda, where 2 percent are found.
Oboya Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those holding the Oboya last name is predominantly 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 Oboya
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