Obuon Surname
Approximately 257 people bear this surname
Obuon Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 248 | 1:186,209 | 13,948 |
| Nigeria | 3 | 1:59,047,586 | 507,603 |
| Uganda | 3 | 1:13,013,093 | 160,157 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
Obuon (73) may also be a first name.
Obuon Demographics
Obuon Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Obuon Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Obuon Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Obuon is most common in Kenya. It may occur as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Obuon.
How Common Is The Last Name Obuon? popularity and diffusion
It is the 996,001st most widely held last name on a global scale It is held by approximately 1 in 28,356,210 people. The last name Obuon occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Obuon live; 98 percent live in East Africa and 96 percent live in Nilo-Saharan Africa. It is also the 1,134,117th most numerous first name at a global level, held by 73 people.
The surname Obuon is most frequent in Kenya, where it is held by 248 people, or 1 in 186,209. In Kenya Obuon is most numerous in: Kisumu County, where 71 percent reside, Homa Bay County, where 26 percent reside and Migori County, where 2 percent reside. Besides Kenya it is found in 4 countries. It also occurs in Nigeria, where 1 percent reside and Uganda, where 1 percent reside.
Obuon Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those bearing the last name is principally 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 Obuon
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