Omobe Surname
Approximately 305 people bear this surname
Omobe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 256 | 1:180,390 | 13,550 |
| Nigeria | 48 | 1:3,690,474 | 107,175 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
Omobe Demographics
Omobe Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Omobe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Omobe Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Omobe is found 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 last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Omobe? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 883,255th most common surname on earth, borne by around 1 in 23,893,593 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Omobe live; 84 percent live in East Africa and 43 percent live in Nilo-Saharan Africa.
This surname is most widespread in Kenya, where it is held by 256 people, or 1 in 180,390. In Kenya Omobe is primarily found in: Nyamira County, where 47 percent live, Kisii County, where 46 percent live and Uasin Gishu County, where 4 percent live. Beside Kenya this last name occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in Nigeria, where 16 percent live and Cameroon, where 0 percent live.
Omobe Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those holding the Omobe surname is principally Christian (100%) in Kenya.
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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
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- 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
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