Obware Surname
Approximately 205 people bear this surname
Obware Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 186 | 1:248,279 | 16,968 |
| Uganda | 10 | 1:3,903,928 | 93,934 |
| Sudan | 9 | 1:4,167,799 | 5,799 |
Obware (11) may also be a first name.
Obware Demographics
Obware Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Obware Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Obware Come From? nationality or country of origin
Obware occurs in Kenya more than any other country or territory. It can also occur in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Obware? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 1,163,787th most commonly held family name on a global scale, borne by approximately 1 in 35,549,004 people. Obware occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Obware are found; 96 percent are found in East Africa and 89 percent are found in Nilo-Saharan Africa. It is also the 3,487,849th most common first name in the world. It is borne by 11 people.
This last name is most commonly occurring in Kenya, where it is borne by 186 people, or 1 in 248,279. In Kenya Obware is most frequent in: Migori County, where 48 percent are found, Homa Bay County, where 41 percent are found and Kisumu County, where 5 percent are found. Beside Kenya this surname exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in Uganda, where 5 percent are found and Sudan, where 4 percent are found.
Obware Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those holding the surname is predominantly Christian (100%) in Kenya.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Obwaare | 92 | 2 | / |
| Obwar | 91 | 233 | / |
| Obwire | 83 | 35 | / |
| Abware | 83 | 21 | / |
| Obwara | 83 | 18 | / |
| Obwere | 83 | 17 | / |
| Ebware | 83 | 7 | / |
| Obwari | 83 | 3 | / |
| Obuare | 83 | 2 | / |
| Opware | 83 | 1 | / |
| Obwore | 83 | 1 | / |
| Ovbare | 83 | 1 | / |
| Obwary | 83 | 1 | / |
| Abwares | 77 | 2 | / |
| Abwaree | 77 | 1 | / |
| Obwoire | 77 | 1 | / |
| Hobbare | 77 | 0 | / |
| Obwor | 73 | 576 | / |
| Abwar | 73 | 67 | / |
| Obuar | 73 | 52 | / |
| Opwar | 73 | 6 | / |
| Obbar | 73 | 2 | / |
| Obwoyere | 71 | 83 | / |
| Abwareth | 71 | 1 | / |
| Abwire | 67 | 514 | / |
| Obwori | 67 | 495 | / |
| Obwora | 67 | 288 | / |
| Obweri | 67 | 133 | / |
| Abbare | 67 | 90 | / |
| Apware | 67 | 31 | / |
| Abwere | 67 | 24 | / |
| Ebuare | 67 | 19 | / |
| Abuare | 67 | 10 | / |
| Avbare | 67 | 9 | / |
| Obuore | 67 | 6 | / |
| Abwara | 67 | 5 | / |
| Opwara | 67 | 3 | / |
| Opwore | 67 | 2 | / |
| Obwory | 67 | 2 | / |
| Abwari | 67 | 2 | / |
| Ubwara | 67 | 1 | / |
| Hobbar | 67 | 1 | / |
| Gobwor | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ubuare | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ebwari | 67 | 1 | / |
| Opwari | 67 | 1 | / |
| Obwgor | 67 | 1 | / |
| Abwore | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Obware
- To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on FamilySearch, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis