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 surname Obuya occurs more in Kenya more than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Obuya? popularity and diffusion
The surname Obuya is the 47,075th most commonly used surname internationally, borne by approximately 1 in 662,444 people. The surname is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Obuya live; 99 percent live in East Africa and 65 percent live in Nilo-Saharan Africa. It is also the 196,286th most commonly used given name on earth, borne by 1,558 people.
The surname is most commonly held in Kenya, where it is carried by 9,513 people, or 1 in 4,854. In Kenya it is most frequent in: Homa Bay County, where 21 percent live, Migori County, where 16 percent live and Kisumu County, where 15 percent live. Excluding Kenya it exists in 16 countries. It is also found in Uganda, where 7 percent live and Tanzania, where 6 percent live.
Obuya Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those bearing the surname is chiefly 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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