Obwogi Surname

375,258th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 954 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Kenya
Highest density in:
Kenya

Obwogi Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Obwogi Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Kenya8971:51,4835,208
Uganda481:813,31838,363
United States31:120,819,6441,331,040
Germany21:40,252,730481,636
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Qatar11:2,357,99976,403
Sudan11:37,510,19514,259

Obwogi (252) may also be a first name.

Obwogi Last Name Facts

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

The last name Obwogi is carried by more people in Kenya than any other country/territory. It can also occur as:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Obwogi? popularity and diffusion

The last name Obwogi is the 375,258th most common family name at a global level It is held by approximately 1 in 7,638,937 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Obwogi live; 99 percent live in East Africa and 79 percent live in Nilo-Saharan Africa. It is also the 561,423rd most commonly occurring first name on earth It is held by 252 people.

This last name is most prevalent in Kenya, where it is carried by 897 people, or 1 in 51,483. In Kenya it is most numerous in: Kisii County, where 78 percent reside, Nairobi County, where 20 percent reside and Machakos County, where 0 percent reside. Besides Kenya it exists in 7 countries. It also occurs in Uganda, where 5 percent reside and The United States, where 0 percent reside.

Obwogi Last Name Statistics demography

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

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Obw'ogi921/
Obwoge832,868/
Abwogi83102/
Obuogi8360/
Obwoga8318/
Obwagi8313/
Obwan'gi711/
Abwoga67805/
Obwaga6793/
Abuogi6763/
Abwosi6711/
Obwage679/
Obwasi675/
Obuoga672/
Obwoze671/
Obvosi671/

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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 Obwogi
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