Kobei Surname
Approximately 243 people bear this surname
Kobei Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 143 | 1:322,936 | 19,861 |
| Ivory Coast | 81 | 1:284,830 | 10,886 |
| Papua New Guinea | 14 | 1:582,408 | 70,330 |
| Ukraine | 2 | 1:22,761,348 | 425,733 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| Japan | 1 | 1:127,844,293 | 73,547 |
Kobei (118) may also be a first name.
Kobei Demographics
Kobei Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Kobei Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kobei Come From? nationality or country of origin
Kobei is found most in Kenya. It may be rendered as:. Click here for further potential spellings of Kobei.
How Common Is The Last Name Kobei? popularity and diffusion
The last name Kobei is the 1,035,555th most widespread family name in the world It is held by around 1 in 29,989,901 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 71 percent of Kobei are found; 59 percent are found in East Africa and 58 percent are found in Nilo-Saharan Africa. Kobei is also the 859,937th most frequently occurring first name globally It is held by 118 people.
Kobei is most widespread in Kenya, where it is borne by 143 people, or 1 in 322,936. In Kenya Kobei is mostly found in: Narok County, where 97 percent reside, Bomet County, where 1 percent reside and Garissa County, where 1 percent reside. Other than Kenya this surname exists in 6 countries. It also occurs in The Ivory Coast, where 33 percent reside and Papua New Guinea, where 6 percent reside.
Kobei Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those carrying the Kobei surname is primarily Christian (100%) in Kenya.
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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 Kobei
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