Bobsy Surname

7,117,718th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 7 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Papua New Guinea
Highest density in:
Papua New Guinea

Bobsy Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Bobsy Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Papua New Guinea51:1,630,743129,019
Egypt11:91,935,754132,737
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England41:6,093,842135,151

Bobsy (191) may also be a first name.

Bobsy Last Name Facts

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

The surname Bobsy is carried by more people in Papua New Guinea than any other country/territory. It may appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Bobsy? popularity and diffusion

Bobsy is the 7,117,718th most frequently held last name internationally, borne by approximately 1 in 1,041,077,988 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Oceania, where 71 percent of Bobsy are found; 71 percent are found in Oceania Islands and 71 percent are found in Papuan Oceania. It is also the 657,437th most commonly occurring first name world-wide. It is borne by 191 people.

The last name Bobsy is most widely held in Papua New Guinea, where it is borne by 5 people, or 1 in 1,630,743. In Papua New Guinea it is most frequent in: Eastern Highlands, where 100 percent reside. Besides Papua New Guinea Bobsy is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in Egypt, where 14 percent reside and Nigeria, where 14 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Bobsaay831/
Bubsy8015/
Babsy807/
Bobsa806/
Bebsy805/
Bobse804/
Bobsi803/
Bobzy801/
Bowsy800/
Bubsey7331/
Bowsey733/
Bobsie732/
Bowsay731/
Bobsai731/
Bobsea731/
Bobsep731/
Boubsi731/
Bopsey730/
Bobsaid67618/
Bobsait67199/
Bowszys6769/
Boubsis6720/
Babsaay6711/
Bousbsi673/
Bobseet673/
Boubsit672/
Babshay671/
Boobshi671/
Bovshey670/

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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 Bobsy
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