Obura Surname
Approximately 9,534 people bear this surname
Obura Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uganda | 4,869 | 1:8,018 | 1,401 |
| Kenya | 3,705 | 1:12,464 | 1,556 |
| Nigeria | 647 | 1:273,791 | 15,557 |
| Tanzania | 212 | 1:249,725 | 20,187 |
| United States | 26 | 1:13,940,728 | 505,428 |
| Papua New Guinea | 19 | 1:429,143 | 55,452 |
| England | 15 | 1:3,714,537 | 119,675 |
| Canada | 8 | 1:4,605,699 | 220,704 |
| Australia | 6 | 1:4,499,284 | 146,780 |
| Mali | 4 | 1:4,242,259 | 2,433 |
| Ukraine | 4 | 1:11,380,674 | 331,818 |
| Sudan | 4 | 1:9,377,549 | 8,207 |
| India | 2 | 1:383,532,691 | 1,645,216 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 1:4,581,136 | 93,443 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Malawi | 1 | 1:17,119,109 | 34,144 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Portugal | 1 | 1:10,418,241 | 25,048 |
| South Sudan | 1 | 1:11,415,076 | 3,182 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Denmark | 1 | 1:5,644,715 | 93,155 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
Obura (791) may also be a first name.
Obura Demographics
Obura Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Obura Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Obura Come From? nationality or country of origin
Obura is held by more people in Uganda than any other country/territory. It can also be found as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Obura? popularity and diffusion
Obura is the 53,542nd most commonly occurring family name worldwide, borne by around 1 in 764,374 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Obura are found; 92 percent are found in East Africa and 72 percent are found in Nilo-Saharan Africa. Obura is also the 291,309th most prevalent given name worldwide, borne by 791 people.
The surname Obura is most widely held in Uganda, where it is carried by 4,869 people, or 1 in 8,018. In Uganda Obura is most numerous in: Apac District, where 19 percent are found, Dokolo District, where 14 percent are found and Lira District, where 12 percent are found. Besides Uganda this last name exists in 24 countries. It also occurs in Kenya, where 39 percent are found and Nigeria, where 7 percent are found.
Obura Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those holding the last name is primarily Christian (100%) in Kenya.
Obura earn marginally less than the average income. In United States they earn 2.66% less than the national average, earning $42,000 USD per year.
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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 Obura
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