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
Kobi (Georgian: კობი, Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻛﻮﺑﻲ, Hindi: कोबी, Marathi: कोबी, Oriya: େକାବି, Russian: Коби, Tibetan: ཀོ་བི།) occurs more in Ghana more than any other country/territory. It may be rendered as: Köbi. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Kobi? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 52,790th most commonly occurring family name globally, held by around 1 in 752,535 people. It is primarily found in Africa, where 54 percent of Kobi are found; 25 percent are found in West Africa and 24 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Kobi is also the 73,402nd most prevalent first name at a global level. It is borne by 7,620 people.
The last name is most numerous in Ghana, where it is borne by 1,593 people, or 1 in 16,962. Apart from Ghana Kobi occurs in 66 countries. It also occurs in Morocco, where 9 percent live and The DR Congo, where 8 percent live.
Kobi Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Kobi has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Kobi surname increased 2,450 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Kobi Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those bearing the surname is predominantly Christian (100%) in Kenya and Christian (70%) in Nigeria.
In The United States those bearing the Kobi last name are 24.66% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 71.43% being registered to vote for the 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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- 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 Kobi
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