Gobbens Surname

1,333,288th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 168 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Netherlands
Highest density in:
Belgium

Gobbens Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

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Gobbens Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Netherlands841:201,03827,835
Belgium801:143,70820,372
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Gobbens Last Name Facts

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

Gobbens occurs most in The Netherlands. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Gobbens? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 1,333,288th most frequently occurring family name on a global scale It is held by around 1 in 43,378,250 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Europe, where 99 percent of Gobbens live; 98 percent live in Western Europe and 80 percent live in Germanic Europe.

This surname is most commonly held in The Netherlands, where it is borne by 84 people, or 1 in 201,038. In The Netherlands it is most frequent in: North Brabant, where 71 percent reside, Limburg, where 14 percent reside and South Holland, where 6 percent reside. Without taking into account The Netherlands Gobbens is found in 5 countries. It is also found in Belgium, where 48 percent reside and Germany, where 1 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Obbens92258/
Gubbens8678/
Gebbens8614/
Gobbins866/
Hobbens860/
Obbins771/
Obbems771/
Gubbins713,141/
Hobbins712,389/
Gabbins714/
Habbens711/
Gebbins710/
Hoibbins670/
Abbins620/
Gubbinsová592/
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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 Gobbens
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