Obuya Surname
Approximately 11,001 people bear this surname
Obuya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 9,513 | 1:4,854 | 687 |
| Uganda | 792 | 1:49,292 | 5,999 |
| Tanzania | 623 | 1:84,979 | 8,637 |
| United States | 28 | 1:12,944,962 | 483,512 |
| DR Congo | 21 | 1:3,518,075 | 145,665 |
| England | 9 | 1:6,190,895 | 170,599 |
| Mozambique | 4 | 1:6,815,392 | 4,272 |
| Switzerland | 2 | 1:4,106,458 | 122,336 |
| Namibia | 1 | 1:2,409,401 | 19,676 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
Obuya (1,558) may also be a first name.
Obuya Demographics
Average Obuya Salary in
United States
$20,167 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Obuya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Obuya Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Obuya is found most in Kenya. It can also occur as:. For other potential spellings of Obuya click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Obuya? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 47,075th most frequently held family name globally, borne by around 1 in 662,444 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Obuya are found; 99 percent are found in East Africa and 65 percent are found in Nilo-Saharan Africa. It is also the 196,286th most numerous first name on earth. It is borne by 1,558 people.
This surname is most frequently occurring in Kenya, where it is carried by 9,513 people, or 1 in 4,854. In Kenya it is most prevalent in: Homa Bay County, where 21 percent live, Migori County, where 16 percent live and Kisumu County, where 15 percent live. Beside Kenya this last name exists in 16 countries. It also occurs in Uganda, where 7 percent live and Tanzania, where 6 percent live.
Obuya Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those bearing the Obuya last name is predominantly Christian (100%) in Kenya.
Obuya earn less than half the average income. In United States they earn 53.26% less than the national average, earning $20,167 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 Obuya
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