Kobaya Surname
Approximately 104 people bear this surname
Kobaya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 84 | 1:97,068 | 13,033 |
| Kenya | 6 | 1:7,696,650 | 52,907 |
| DR Congo | 4 | 1:18,469,892 | 182,906 |
| Japan | 2 | 1:63,922,146 | 62,827 |
| Taiwan | 2 | 1:11,722,373 | 63,559 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| Togo | 1 | 1:7,247,768 | 12,049 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Kobaya (29) may also be a first name.
Kobaya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kobaya Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Kobaya is held by more people in Papua New Guinea than any other country or territory. It can be found as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Kobaya? popularity and diffusion
The surname Kobaya is the 1,806,862nd most commonly occurring last name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by approximately 1 in 70,072,557 people. Kobaya is primarily found in Oceania, where 81 percent of Kobaya reside; 81 percent reside in Oceania Islands and 81 percent reside in Papuan Oceania. Kobaya is also the 1,951,561st most prevalent forename in the world It is held by 29 people.
This surname is most frequently occurring in Papua New Guinea, where it is held by 84 people, or 1 in 97,068. In Papua New Guinea Kobaya is most numerous in: Hela, where 100 percent live. Other than Papua New Guinea this surname occurs in 10 countries. It is also found in Kenya, where 6 percent live and The DR Congo, where 4 percent live.
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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 Kobaya
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