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 occurs most in Kenya. It can occur as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Obuon? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 996,001st most commonly occurring last name on a worldwide basis, held by approximately 1 in 28,356,210 people. The last name Obuon is primarily found 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 commonly held given name internationally, borne by 73 people.
The surname is most numerous in Kenya, where it is borne by 248 people, or 1 in 186,209. In Kenya it is mostly found in: Kisumu County, where 71 percent live, Homa Bay County, where 26 percent live and Migori County, where 2 percent live. Not including Kenya it occurs in 4 countries. It also occurs in Nigeria, where 1 percent live and Uganda, where 1 percent live.
Obuon Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those holding the Obuon 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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