Al Obeid Surname

61,479th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 8,179 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Jordan
Highest density in:
Kuwait

Al Obeid Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Al Obeid Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Jordan3,1501:2,807565
Kuwait2,7961:1,359147
Lebanon9791:5,758997
Palestine5731:7,9391,664
Yemen3751:70,4674,956
United Arab Emirates1701:53,8965,278
Iraq1051:333,5406,405
Tunisia111:55,5117,191
Sweden91:1,094,08481,336
Iran41:19,195,631219,601
Brazil21:107,037,1661,031,150
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
Saudi Arabia11:30,855,81763,028
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
Venezuela11:30,204,07785,459

Al Obeid Last Name Facts

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

The last name Al Obeid is carried by more people in Jordan than any other country/territory. It can also be found in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Al Obeid? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 61,479th most commonly used last name on a global scale, held by around 1 in 891,007 people. The last name Al Obeid is primarily found in Asia, where 100 percent of Al Obeid reside; 100 percent reside in West Asia and 59 percent reside in Levant.

The surname Al Obeid is most numerous in Jordan, where it is carried by 3,150 people, or 1 in 2,807. In Jordan Al Obeid is mostly found in: Amman Governorate, where 35 percent are found, Irbid Governorate, where 19 percent are found and Zarqa Governorate, where 18 percent are found. Other than Jordan it is found in 15 countries. It is also found in Kuwait, where 34 percent are found and Lebanon, where 12 percent are found.

Al Obeid Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those carrying the Al Obeid surname is principally Sunni (92%) in Lebanon.

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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
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Al Obeid
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