Kober Surname
Approximately 17,496 people bear this surname
Kober Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 8,955 | 1:8,990 | 1,114 |
| United States | 3,216 | 1:112,705 | 12,217 |
| Austria | 1,599 | 1:5,325 | 615 |
| Bangladesh | 721 | 1:221,022 | 7,250 |
| Poland | 594 | 1:63,988 | 10,056 |
| Argentina | 425 | 1:100,573 | 8,481 |
| Russia | 340 | 1:423,891 | 40,477 |
| Brazil | 338 | 1:633,356 | 23,493 |
| Canada | 151 | 1:244,011 | 23,241 |
| Croatia | 123 | 1:34,379 | 7,032 |
| Egypt | 122 | 1:753,572 | 38,342 |
| France | 119 | 1:558,174 | 75,634 |
| Switzerland | 113 | 1:72,681 | 8,609 |
| England | 100 | 1:557,181 | 34,216 |
| Czechia | 80 | 1:132,918 | 21,095 |
| Slovakia | 55 | 1:97,026 | 18,584 |
| Australia | 50 | 1:539,914 | 40,287 |
| Belarus | 47 | 1:202,150 | 25,664 |
| Kazakhstan | 47 | 1:376,223 | 29,840 |
| Ukraine | 34 | 1:1,338,903 | 111,766 |
| Sweden | 34 | 1:289,610 | 20,124 |
| Thailand | 31 | 1:2,278,656 | 255,572 |
| Hungary | 28 | 1:350,581 | 25,143 |
| Indonesia | 27 | 1:4,898,118 | 234,077 |
| Israel | 18 | 1:475,424 | 36,085 |
| Spain | 15 | 1:3,116,802 | 65,296 |
| Netherlands | 12 | 1:1,407,265 | 75,423 |
| Wales | 8 | 1:386,816 | 19,671 |
| Panama | 8 | 1:489,032 | 8,962 |
| Serbia | 8 | 1:893,118 | 28,088 |
| Kenya | 8 | 1:5,772,488 | 50,256 |
| Italy | 7 | 1:8,736,670 | 118,213 |
| Romania | 7 | 1:2,868,267 | 56,178 |
| Finland | 7 | 1:785,243 | 38,644 |
| Mexico | 6 | 1:20,687,701 | 53,861 |
| South Africa | 5 | 1:10,835,541 | 204,227 |
| United Arab Emirates | 4 | 1:2,290,568 | 60,372 |
| Uzbekistan | 4 | 1:7,732,286 | 43,643 |
| Portugal | 4 | 1:2,604,560 | 16,079 |
| Pakistan | 3 | 1:59,547,962 | 132,569 |
| Bulgaria | 3 | 1:2,326,302 | 54,089 |
| Scotland | 2 | 1:2,676,908 | 51,579 |
| Norway | 2 | 1:2,571,143 | 95,402 |
| Belgium | 2 | 1:5,748,322 | 130,559 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
| United States Virgin Islands | 1 | 1:110,375 | 6,934 |
| Luxembourg | 1 | 1:580,542 | 15,155 |
| Senegal | 1 | 1:14,579,342 | 11,705 |
| New Zealand | 1 | 1:4,528,323 | 55,372 |
| Moldova | 1 | 1:3,561,368 | 78,271 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Kuwait | 1 | 1:3,800,694 | 27,187 |
| Japan | 1 | 1:127,844,293 | 73,547 |
| Estonia | 1 | 1:1,321,804 | 40,178 |
| Costa Rica | 1 | 1:4,780,069 | 13,345 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Chile | 1 | 1:17,616,474 | 93,597 |
| Afghanistan | 1 | 1:32,153,183 | 60,828 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 5 | 1:4,875,074 | 116,529 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:3,743,216 | 32,299 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 359 | 1:139,885 | 13,187 |
The alternate forms: Köber (1,424) & Kóber (84) are calculated separately.
Kober (141) may also be a first name.
Kober Demographics
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Kober Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kober Come From? nationality or country of origin
Kober (Russian: Кобер) is found most frequently in Germany. It may also be rendered as a variant: Köber or Kóber. Click here for further potential spellings of Kober.
How Common Is The Last Name Kober? popularity and diffusion
It is the 30,518th most commonly held last name in the world, held by around 1 in 416,526 people. It is mostly found in Europe, where 69 percent of Kober are found; 62 percent are found in Western Europe and 61 percent are found in Germanic Europe. It is also the 778,371st most commonly occurring forename on earth It is held by 141 people.
It is most frequent in Germany, where it is borne by 8,955 people, or 1 in 8,990. In Germany Kober is most prevalent in: Baden-Württemberg, where 21 percent live, Bavaria, where 16 percent live and North Rhine-Westphalia, where 14 percent live. Apart from Germany this last name is found in 57 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 18 percent live and Austria, where 9 percent live.
Kober Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Kober has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the last name increased 896 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it increased 2,000 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Scotland it increased 200 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Kober Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those bearing the Kober surname is predominantly Orthodox (85%) in Russia.
In The United States those holding the Kober last name are 20.62% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 67.39% registered to vote for the party.
The amount Kober earn in different countries varies notably. In United States they earn 11.78% more than the national average, earning $48,234 USD per year and in Canada they earn 7.94% less than the national average, earning $45,740 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Kober Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Kober in the Russian language | ||
| Кобер | kober | - |
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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 Kober
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