Fobie Surname
Approximately 360 people bear this surname
Fobie Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ghana | 346 | 1:78,094 | 7,799 |
| Germany | 6 | 1:13,417,576 | 340,600 |
| England | 4 | 1:13,929,515 | 290,718 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 8 | 1:6,277,336 | 262,771 |
Fobie (45) may also be a first name.
Fobie Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Fobie Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Fobie is borne by more people in Ghana than any other country/territory. It may also appear as:. Click here for other possible spellings of Fobie.
How Common Is The Last Name Fobie? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 785,023rd most commonly occurring surname world-wide. It is borne by around 1 in 20,243,183 people. The last name is mostly found in Africa, where 96 percent of Fobie reside; 96 percent reside in West Africa and 96 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Fobie is also the 1,504,468th most widely held first name worldwide. It is borne by 45 people.
It is most prevalent in Ghana, where it is carried by 346 people, or 1 in 78,094. Besides Ghana Fobie exists in 5 countries. It also occurs in Germany, where 2 percent live and England, where 1 percent live.
Fobie Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Fobie has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Fobie surname contracted 75 percent between 1880 and 2014.
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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 Fobie
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