Kobada Surname

248,603rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,598 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Cameroon
Highest density in:
Cameroon

Kobada Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Kobada Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Cameroon1,5881:13,0791,784
India71:109,580,769786,157
Benin11:10,335,602103,742
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
DR Congo11:73,879,570260,543

Kobada (2,572) may also be a first name.

Kobada Last Name Facts

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

The last name Kobada (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻛﺒﺎﺩﻩ, Marathi: कोबडा, Oriya: େକାବାଡା) is borne by more people in Cameroon than any other country/territory. It may also occur as:. For other possible spellings of Kobada click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Kobada? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 248,603rd most commonly used family name worldwide, borne by approximately 1 in 4,560,417 people. Kobada is primarily found in Africa, where 99 percent of Kobada reside; 57 percent reside in West Africa and 36 percent reside in Adamawa-Ubangian Africa. It is also the 145,170th most commonly used first name in the world, held by 2,572 people.

The surname is most frequent in Cameroon, where it is held by 1,588 people, or 1 in 13,079. In Cameroon Kobada is most numerous in: Far North Region, where 67 percent live, North Region, where 26 percent live and Centre Region, where 3 percent live. Beside Cameroon this last name exists in 4 countries. It also occurs in India, where 0 percent live and Benin, where 0 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Kobada Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Kobada in the Hassaniya-Arabic language
ﻛﺒﺎﺩﻩkbadh-
Kobada in the Marathi language
कोबडाkobada-
Kobada in the Oriya language
େକାବାଡାekabada80
େକାବଡାekabada20

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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 Kobada
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