Kobah Surname
Approximately 209 people bear this surname
Kobah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 161 | 1:1,100,266 | 45,533 |
| Liberia | 11 | 1:400,776 | 20,681 |
| Indonesia | 10 | 1:13,224,919 | 434,432 |
| Cameroon | 9 | 1:2,307,674 | 112,590 |
| Ivory Coast | 9 | 1:2,563,470 | 41,100 |
| Malaysia | 3 | 1:9,831,408 | 269,765 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Cyprus | 1 | 1:884,876 | 13,055 |
| Iran | 1 | 1:76,782,524 | 277,718 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Kobah (58) may also be a first name.
Kobah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kobah Come From? nationality or country of origin
Kobah (Arabic: كوبيه) is more commonly found in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It may be found as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kobah? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 1,148,257th most widely held last name on a worldwide basis, held by around 1 in 34,868,641 people. This surname is mostly found in Africa, where 91 percent of Kobah are found; 87 percent are found in West Africa and 81 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Kobah is also the 1,295,729th most commonly held given name at a global level, held by 58 people.
The surname is most frequently held in Nigeria, where it is held by 161 people, or 1 in 1,100,266. In Nigeria it is mostly concentrated in: Rivers, where 72 percent are found, Kebbi, where 13 percent are found and Cross River, where 7 percent are found. Other than Nigeria this surname exists in 11 countries. It is also common in Liberia, where 5 percent are found and Indonesia, where 5 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Kobah Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Kobah in the Arabic language | ||
| كوبيه | kwbyh | - |
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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 Kobah
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