Obwor Surname
Approximately 576 people bear this surname
Obwor Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uganda | 573 | 1:68,131 | 7,631 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
Obwor Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Obwor Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Obwor is held by more people in Uganda than any other country/territory. It can be found in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Obwor? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 553,576th most commonly held last name on a worldwide basis It is held by approximately 1 in 12,651,989 people. The last name Obwor occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Obwor live; 100 percent live in East Africa and 70 percent live in Nilo-Saharan Africa.
This last name is most widespread in Uganda, where it is borne by 573 people, or 1 in 68,131. In Uganda it is mostly concentrated in: Oyam District, where 15 percent are found, Dokolo District, where 15 percent are found and Alebtong District, where 11 percent are found. Besides Uganda Obwor exists in 3 countries. It also occurs in Kenya, where 0 percent are found and Malaysia, where 0 percent are found.
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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 Obwor
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