Kobelyan Surname

580,291st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 541 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Georgia
Highest density in:
Georgia

Kobelyan Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Kobelyan Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Georgia2321:16,1453,187
Russia1671:863,01269,440
Armenia1381:21,2331,401
Kazakhstan11:17,682,496204,010
Moldova11:3,561,36878,271
Transnistria11:474,69917,893
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Kobelyan Last Name Facts

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

Kobelyan (Georgian: კობელიან, Russian: Кобелян) occurs in Georgia more than any other country/territory. It may also occur as:. For other possible spellings of Kobelyan click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Kobelyan? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 580,291st most frequently occurring surname world-wide, borne by around 1 in 13,470,510 people. The last name Kobelyan occurs mostly in Asia, where 80 percent of Kobelyan live; 68 percent live in West Asia and 43 percent live in Kartvelo-West Asia.

The surname is most widely held in Georgia, where it is borne by 232 people, or 1 in 16,145. In Georgia Kobelyan is most common in: Samtskhe-Javakheti, where 94 percent live, Tbilisi, where 3 percent live and Adjara, where 2 percent live. Not including Georgia this surname is found in 6 countries. It is also found in Russia, where 31 percent live and Armenia, where 26 percent live.

Kobelyan Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those bearing the surname is predominantly Orthodox (89%) in Russia.

In The United States Kobelyan are 13.23% more likely to be registered United Russias than the national average, with 60% being registered with the political party.

Phonetically Similar Names

Kobelyan Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Kobelyan in the Georgian language
კობელიანkobelian94.29
კობელიანიkobeliani5.71
Kobelyan in the Russian language
Кобелянkobelan-

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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
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  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Kobelyan
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