Obwayo Surname

1,980,395th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 89 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Kenya
Highest density in:
Kenya

Obwayo Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Obwayo Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Kenya881:524,77226,127
Uganda11:39,039,279258,887

Obwayo Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Obwayo Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Obwayo is found most in Kenya. It may also occur in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Obwayo? popularity and diffusion

It is the 1,980,395th most common last name in the world, borne by approximately 1 in 81,882,538 people. The last name Obwayo is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Obwayo reside; 100 percent reside in East Africa and 98 percent reside in East Bantu Africa.

This surname is most frequently used in Kenya, where it is held by 88 people, or 1 in 524,772. In Kenya it is most frequent in: Nairobi County, where 92 percent reside, Kakamega County, where 5 percent reside and Narok County, where 1 percent reside. Barring Kenya this last name is found in one country. It is also common in Uganda, where 1 percent reside.

Obwayo Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those carrying the last name is predominantly Christian (100%) in Kenya.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Obway911/
Obwaya836,012/
Gobway8339/
Obwoyo8319/
Abwayo835/
Ebwayo834/
Ubwayo831/
Obuayo831/
Hubwayo771/
Obbay7311/
Abway7310/
Obwoi738/
Obwau733/
Obwai731/
Obwoya674,134/
Abbayo671,350/
Abwoyo671,235/
Abwajo67218/
Obuoyo67154/
Obuaya6743/
Abwayi6729/
Ebwaya6727/
Abwaya676/
Obwaia674/
Gabway674/
Opwoyo672/
Obbaye672/
Gobuay672/
Obwuha671/
Ovuayo671/
Obbaya671/
Hobbay671/
Obwoja671/
Opwayi671/
Ubwaya671/
Obwoye671/
Opwaya671/
Obwais671/
Ebwayu671/
Abuayo671/
Abwaye671/

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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 Obwayo
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