Gobir Surname
Approximately 914 people bear this surname
Gobir Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 847 | 1:209,141 | 12,439 |
| Niger | 34 | 1:564,471 | 14,312 |
| United States | 15 | 1:24,163,929 | 685,360 |
| England | 7 | 1:7,959,723 | 202,100 |
| Indonesia | 5 | 1:26,449,839 | 597,308 |
| India | 4 | 1:191,766,346 | 1,073,940 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Wales | 1 | 1:3,094,532 | 44,023 |
Gobir (162) may also be a first name.
Gobir Demographics
Gobir Religious Adherence
in Nigeria
Religious Adherence
in Nigeria
Gobir Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gobir Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Gobir (Marathi: गोबीर, Oriya: େଗାବିର, Russian: Гобир) is found in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It may appear as:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Gobir? popularity and diffusion
The last name Gobir is the 388,118th most widely held family name in the world, held by approximately 1 in 7,973,245 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 96 percent of Gobir reside; 96 percent reside in West Africa and 93 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Gobir is also the 720,105th most commonly occurring first name worldwide It is held by 162 people.
The last name Gobir is most numerous in Nigeria, where it is carried by 847 people, or 1 in 209,141. In Nigeria it is most numerous in: Kwara, where 42 percent live, Kaduna, where 11 percent live and Sokoto, where 10 percent live. Barring Nigeria Gobir occurs in 7 countries. It is also common in Niger, where 4 percent live and The United States, where 2 percent live.
Gobir Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those bearing the Gobir last name is chiefly Christian (100%) in Nigeria.
Gobir earn significantly less than the average income. In United States they earn 28.83% less than the national average, earning $30,708 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Gobir Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Gobir in the Marathi language | ||
| गोबीर | gobira | - |
| Gobir in the Oriya language | ||
| େଗାବିର | egabira | 50 |
| େଗାବୀର | egabira | 50 |
| Gobir in the Russian language | ||
| Гобир | gobir | - |
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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 Gobir
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