Obusi Surname
Approximately 204 people bear this surname
Obusi Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 91 | 1:507,471 | 25,695 |
| Nigeria | 72 | 1:2,460,316 | 81,464 |
| Uganda | 40 | 1:975,982 | 42,738 |
| Iraq | 1 | 1:35,021,654 | 31,813 |
Obusi Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Obusi Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Obusi is more commonly found in Kenya than any other country/territory. It may also appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Obusi? popularity and diffusion
The surname Obusi is the 1,168,344th most frequently used family name on a worldwide basis, borne by around 1 in 35,723,264 people. The last name Obusi is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Obusi are found; 64 percent are found in East Africa and 59 percent are found in Nilo-Saharan Africa.
Obusi is most frequently held in Kenya, where it is borne by 91 people, or 1 in 507,471. In Kenya Obusi is most prevalent in: Busia County, where 99 percent live and Migori County, where 1 percent live. Outside of Kenya Obusi occurs in 3 countries. It is also found in Nigeria, where 35 percent live and Uganda, where 20 percent live.
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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
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- 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 Obusi
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