Obwasa Surname
Approximately 88 people bear this surname
Obwasa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 74 | 1:624,053 | 28,587 |
| Tanzania | 14 | 1:3,781,544 | 51,645 |
Obwasa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Obwasa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Obwasa is more frequently found in Kenya than any other country/territory. It can occur in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of Obwasa.
How Common Is The Last Name Obwasa? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 1,994,173rd most commonly used surname on earth. It is borne by around 1 in 82,813,022 people. The last name Obwasa is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Obwasa reside; 100 percent reside in East Africa and 99 percent reside in East Bantu Africa.
The surname is most commonly held in Kenya, where it is borne by 74 people, or 1 in 624,053. In Kenya Obwasa is mostly found in: Kakamega County, where 99 percent reside and Siaya County, where 1 percent reside. Aside from Kenya it exists in one country. It is also common in Tanzania, where 16 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ovwasa | 83 | 137 | / |
| Ebwasa | 83 | 103 | / |
| Obwase | 83 | 8 | / |
| Obwasi | 83 | 5 | / |
| Obwaso | 83 | 1 | / |
| Abwasa | 83 | 1 | / |
| Obwaca | 83 | 1 | / |
| Abwasia | 77 | 9 | / |
| Abwasha | 77 | 3 | / |
| Abwasah | 77 | 2 | / |
| Obwacha | 77 | 1 | / |
| Ovwuasa | 77 | 1 | / |
| Abwasaha | 71 | 16 | / |
| Abwashay | 71 | 4 | / |
| Obuhatsa | 71 | 1 | / |
| Gabwasha | 71 | 1 | / |
| Obuasi | 67 | 655 | / |
| Abwasi | 67 | 98 | / |
| Abbasa | 67 | 96 | / |
| Ovuasa | 67 | 48 | / |
| Ofuasa | 67 | 14 | / |
| Obbasi | 67 | 14 | / |
| Opwase | 67 | 9 | / |
| Obwoca | 67 | 6 | / |
| Abwase | 67 | 4 | / |
| Awbasa | 67 | 3 | / |
| Ovbosa | 67 | 2 | / |
| Abuasa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Abwaza | 67 | 1 | / |
| Abwaso | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ebwesa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Obwoja | 67 | 1 | / |
| Opwosa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Opwaso | 67 | 1 | / |
| Avwasa | 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 Obwasa
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