Kobi Surname
Approximately 9,684 people bear this surname
Kobi Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ghana | 1,593 | 1:16,962 | 2,149 |
| Morocco | 886 | 1:38,912 | 6,295 |
| DR Congo | 821 | 1:89,987 | 10,233 |
| Indonesia | 805 | 1:164,285 | 15,976 |
| Japan | 653 | 1:195,780 | 8,877 |
| Bangladesh | 631 | 1:252,546 | 7,887 |
| South Africa | 505 | 1:107,283 | 12,937 |
| Switzerland | 381 | 1:21,556 | 3,436 |
| Benin | 350 | 1:29,530 | 3,895 |
| Nigeria | 342 | 1:517,961 | 25,616 |
| Ivory Coast | 336 | 1:68,664 | 3,893 |
| Gabon | 303 | 1:6,235 | 1,152 |
| Sri Lanka | 292 | 1:71,262 | 7,441 |
| France | 233 | 1:285,076 | 43,747 |
| Brazil | 215 | 1:995,695 | 35,283 |
| Cameroon | 197 | 1:105,427 | 12,381 |
| United States | 196 | 1:1,849,280 | 120,610 |
| Solomon Islands | 156 | 1:3,718 | 424 |
| India | 112 | 1:6,848,798 | 152,966 |
| Papua New Guinea | 107 | 1:76,203 | 9,993 |
| Germany | 99 | 1:813,186 | 59,527 |
| Canada | 73 | 1:504,734 | 42,927 |
| Congo | 71 | 1:70,269 | 6,097 |
| Lithuania | 70 | 1:43,351 | 7,190 |
| New Caledonia | 36 | 1:7,673 | 1,760 |
| Uganda | 21 | 1:1,859,013 | 62,128 |
| Kenya | 20 | 1:2,308,995 | 36,653 |
| Russia | 19 | 1:7,585,424 | 283,555 |
| England | 19 | 1:2,932,529 | 101,561 |
| Estonia | 15 | 1:88,120 | 15,474 |
| Croatia | 11 | 1:384,419 | 33,360 |
| Zimbabwe | 11 | 1:1,403,476 | 76,064 |
| Niger | 10 | 1:1,919,202 | 37,248 |
| Mexico | 10 | 1:12,412,620 | 43,480 |
| Slovenia | 6 | 1:414,612 | 18,975 |
| Sweden | 6 | 1:1,641,126 | 116,183 |
| Argentina | 6 | 1:7,123,902 | 190,047 |
| Netherlands | 6 | 1:2,814,529 | 101,176 |
| Poland | 5 | 1:7,601,750 | 167,855 |
| Lesotho | 5 | 1:406,512 | 17,363 |
| Algeria | 4 | 1:9,657,888 | 64,782 |
| Australia | 4 | 1:6,748,925 | 181,100 |
| Afghanistan | 4 | 1:8,038,296 | 30,874 |
| Tunisia | 4 | 1:152,656 | 17,743 |
| Malaysia | 3 | 1:9,831,408 | 269,765 |
| China | 3 | 1:455,773,855 | 21,925 |
| Philippines | 3 | 1:33,746,074 | 302,898 |
| Israel | 3 | 1:2,852,545 | 113,505 |
| Georgia | 2 | 1:1,872,772 | 35,618 |
| Turkey | 2 | 1:38,910,711 | 171,901 |
| Austria | 2 | 1:4,257,718 | 99,224 |
| Spain | 2 | 1:23,376,018 | 128,922 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Mongolia | 1 | 1:2,825,289 | 17,010 |
| Finland | 1 | 1:5,496,702 | 84,025 |
| South Sudan | 1 | 1:11,415,076 | 3,182 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Kazakhstan | 1 | 1:17,682,496 | 204,010 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Panama | 1 | 1:3,912,258 | 17,195 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Luxembourg | 1 | 1:580,542 | 15,155 |
| North Macedonia | 1 | 1:2,101,472 | 31,546 |
| Angola | 1 | 1:26,989,214 | 11,853 |
| Andorra | 1 | 1:83,838 | 2,381 |
| Mauritania | 1 | 1:4,094,863 | 38,869 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 8 | 1:6,277,336 | 262,771 |
The alternate forms: Köbi (11) are calculated separately.
Kobi (7,620) may also be a first name.
Kobi Demographics
Kobi Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Kobi Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kobi Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Kobi (Georgian: კობი, Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻛﻮﺑﻲ, Hindi: कोबी, Marathi: कोबी, Oriya: େକାବି, Russian: Коби, Tibetan: ཀོ་བི།) has its highest incidence in Ghana. It can also appear in the variant forms: Köbi. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Kobi? popularity and diffusion
The surname Kobi is the 52,790th most frequently used last name on earth. It is borne by approximately 1 in 752,535 people. The surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 54 percent of Kobi live; 25 percent live in West Africa and 24 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Kobi is also the 73,402nd most common first name in the world It is held by 7,620 people.
The surname Kobi is most frequently used in Ghana, where it is borne by 1,593 people, or 1 in 16,962. Other than Ghana it is found in 66 countries. It is also common in Morocco, where 9 percent are found and The DR Congo, where 8 percent are found.
Kobi Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Kobi has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Kobi surname rose 2,450 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Kobi Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those holding the Kobi surname is predominantly Christian (100%) in Kenya and Christian (70%) in Nigeria.
In The United States Kobi are 24.66% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 71.43% being registered to vote for the political party.
The amount Kobi earn in different countries varies markedly. In South Africa they earn 31.25% less than the national average, earning R 163,368 per year; in United States they earn 4.93% more than the national average, earning $45,278 USD per year and in Canada they earn 1.47% less than the national average, earning $48,955 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Kobi Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Kobi in the Georgian language | ||
| კობი | kobi | - |
| Kobi in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻛﻮﺑﻲ | kwby | - |
| Kobi in the Hindi language | ||
| कोबी | kobi | - |
| Kobi in the Oriya language | ||
| େକାବି | ekabi | - |
| Kobi in the Marathi language | ||
| कोबी | kobi | - |
| Kobi in the Tibetan language | ||
| ཀོ་བི། | kobi | 50 |
| ཀོ་བི་ | kobi | 50 |
| Kobi in the Russian language | ||
| Коби | kobi | - |
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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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- 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 Kobi
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