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
The surname Kobah (Arabic: كوبيه) is most common in Nigeria. It may also appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kobah? popularity and diffusion
Kobah is the 1,148,257th most widely held last name in the world It is held by around 1 in 34,868,641 people. The last name Kobah occurs predominantly 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 widespread first name worldwide. It is borne by 58 people.
It is most frequent in Nigeria, where it is carried by 161 people, or 1 in 1,100,266. In Nigeria Kobah is most frequent in: Rivers, where 72 percent live, Kebbi, where 13 percent live and Cross River, where 7 percent live. Beside Nigeria Kobah is found in 11 countries. It is also common in Liberia, where 5 percent live and Indonesia, where 5 percent live.
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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