Kobby Surname

152,565th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 2,884 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Ghana
Highest density in:
Ghana

Kobby Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Kobby Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ghana2,8401:9,5141,275
United States211:17,259,949572,238
Papua New Guinea101:815,37288,623
Nigeria31:59,047,586507,603
England21:27,859,030389,889
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Iceland11:380,09011,096
Israel11:8,557,634182,558
Kuwait11:3,800,69427,187
Qatar11:2,357,99976,403
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
Senegal11:14,579,34211,705

Kobby (11,683) may also be a first name.

Kobby Last Name Facts

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

The surname Kobby is found in Ghana more than any other country or territory. It may also occur as:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Kobby? popularity and diffusion

Kobby is the 152,565th most widely held last name worldwide It is held by approximately 1 in 2,526,888 people. Kobby occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Kobby are found; 99 percent are found in West Africa and 99 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Kobby is also the 55,187th most common first name worldwide It is held by 11,683 people.

The surname Kobby is most widespread in Ghana, where it is held by 2,840 people, or 1 in 9,514. Aside from Ghana this last name exists in 12 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 1 percent are found and Papua New Guinea, where 0 percent are found.

Kobby Last Name Statistics demography

Kobby earn more than fifty percent more than the average income. In United States they earn 55.61% more than the national average, earning $67,146 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Khobby913/
Kobbay911/
Kobbaya831/
Kobba805,269/
Kobbi804,858/
Cobby802,889/
Kobbe801,454/
Kebby80266/
Kabby8046/
Kubby8044/
Kobbé809/
Koubbi73885/
Kobbie73362/
Koebbe73355/
Koubba73321/
Kovbyi73111/
Kebbay7395/
Kobbai7369/
Khobbi7352/
Cobbey7338/
Khobba7327/
Kabbey7323/
Kobbeh7322/
Koubbe7314/
Kubbay7313/
Kabbay7312/
Kovbey7311/
Kovbiy7310/
Kobbes739/
Kabbyo739/
Kobbee732/
Kebbey732/
Coubby731/
Kobboi731/
Cobbay730/
Koebbi730/
Khosbbi671,214/
Khoubba67342/
Kobberø67143/
Kabbaya6718/
Khubbey675/
Kobberå671/
Koshbbi671/
Koubbeh671/
Kobbajj671/
Khoubbi671/
Kobbett670/

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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 Kobby
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