Chobi Surname
Approximately 80 people bear this surname
Chobi Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lesotho | 35 | 1:58,073 | 8,518 |
| India | 22 | 1:34,866,608 | 408,224 |
| Nigeria | 4 | 1:44,285,690 | 437,567 |
| Benin | 3 | 1:3,445,201 | 77,822 |
| Russia | 3 | 1:48,041,019 | 639,186 |
| Kazakhstan | 2 | 1:8,841,248 | 174,813 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Japan | 1 | 1:127,844,293 | 73,547 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1 | 1:3,536,402 | 19,532 |
| Bangladesh | 1 | 1:159,356,773 | 26,077 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
Chobi (10,143) may also be a first name.
Chobi Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chobi Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Chobi (Hindi: चोबी, Marathi: चोबी, Oriya: ଚବି, Russian: Чоби) occurs most in Lesotho. It may appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Chobi? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 2,106,139th most widely held family name on a worldwide basis, borne by approximately 1 in 91,094,324 people. This last name is mostly found in Africa, where 58 percent of Chobi live; 45 percent live in Southern Africa and 45 percent live in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 60,655th most frequent given name in the world, held by 10,143 people.
The surname is most prevalent in Lesotho, where it is carried by 35 people, or 1 in 58,073. In Lesotho Chobi is most frequent in: Leribe District, where 100 percent reside. Apart from Lesotho Chobi is found in 16 countries. It is also found in India, where 28 percent reside and Nigeria, where 5 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Chobi Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Chobi in the Oriya language | ||
| ଚବି | cabi | - |
| Chobi in the Hindi language | ||
| चोबी | cobi | 87.88 |
| छोबी | chobi | 12.12 |
| Chobi in the Marathi language | ||
| चोबी | cobi | 75 |
| छोबी | chobi | 16.67 |
| चॉबी | cobi | 8.33 |
| Chobi in the Russian language | ||
| Чоби | cobi | - |
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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 Chobi
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