Obwago Surname
Approximately 290 people bear this surname
Obwago Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 233 | 1:227,217 | 18,851 |
| Kenya | 57 | 1:810,174 | 31,920 |
Obwago Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Obwago Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Obwago is found in Tanzania more than any other country or territory. It may appear as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Obwago? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 914,967th most widely held last name at a global level, borne by around 1 in 25,129,469 people. The surname Obwago occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Obwago reside; 100 percent reside in East Africa and 80 percent reside in East Bantu Africa.
The surname Obwago is most frequent in Tanzania, where it is held by 233 people, or 1 in 227,217. In Tanzania it is primarily found in: Mara Region, where 60 percent reside, Dar es Salaam Region, where 36 percent reside and Pwani Region, where 2 percent reside. Other than Tanzania Obwago exists in one country. It also occurs in Kenya, where 20 percent reside.
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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 Obwago
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