Kobia Surname
Approximately 11,789 people bear this surname
Kobia Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 10,571 | 1:4,369 | 630 |
| Ghana | 623 | 1:43,372 | 4,874 |
| Ivory Coast | 159 | 1:145,102 | 6,841 |
| Congo | 111 | 1:44,947 | 4,237 |
| Nigeria | 56 | 1:3,163,264 | 96,723 |
| United States | 51 | 1:7,107,038 | 327,397 |
| Papua New Guinea | 41 | 1:198,871 | 27,541 |
| DR Congo | 41 | 1:1,801,941 | 95,514 |
| Germany | 22 | 1:3,659,339 | 158,771 |
| Croatia | 15 | 1:281,907 | 28,677 |
| Solomon Islands | 9 | 1:64,448 | 12,261 |
| Liberia | 9 | 1:489,837 | 23,279 |
| Egypt | 9 | 1:10,215,084 | 48,153 |
| Uganda | 9 | 1:4,337,698 | 99,715 |
| Belgium | 8 | 1:1,437,080 | 92,692 |
| Italy | 5 | 1:12,231,338 | 126,430 |
| England | 5 | 1:11,143,612 | 252,590 |
| Thailand | 5 | 1:14,127,669 | 603,945 |
| Switzerland | 5 | 1:1,642,583 | 87,307 |
| Poland | 5 | 1:7,601,750 | 167,855 |
| Indonesia | 4 | 1:33,062,298 | 643,618 |
| Canada | 3 | 1:12,281,864 | 364,614 |
| Tanzania | 2 | 1:26,470,806 | 111,653 |
| Sweden | 2 | 1:4,923,378 | 241,212 |
| Netherlands | 2 | 1:8,443,588 | 136,641 |
| Cameroon | 2 | 1:10,384,534 | 165,830 |
| Togo | 1 | 1:7,247,768 | 12,049 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| Somalia | 1 | 1:13,452,061 | 9,224 |
| Zambia | 1 | 1:15,849,922 | 53,989 |
| Qatar | 1 | 1:2,357,999 | 76,403 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Myanmar | 1 | 1:51,937,985 | 2,166 |
| Marshall Islands | 1 | 1:51,821 | 2,326 |
| Kuwait | 1 | 1:3,800,694 | 27,187 |
| Kiribati | 1 | 1:113,407 | 1,341 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Denmark | 1 | 1:5,644,715 | 93,155 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
Kobia (3,819) may also be a first name.
Kobia Demographics
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Kobia Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kobia Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Kobia (Arabic: كوبيا) is held by more people in Kenya than any other country or territory. It can appear as:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kobia? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 44,069th most widely held family name on a global scale, held by around 1 in 618,165 people. This last name is primarily found in Africa, where 98 percent of Kobia are found; 90 percent are found in East Africa and 87 percent are found in East Bantu Africa. Kobia is also the 113,726th most frequently occurring first name throughout the world, borne by 3,819 people.
The last name is most frequently occurring in Kenya, where it is held by 10,571 people, or 1 in 4,369. In Kenya Kobia is most frequent in: Meru County, where 82 percent live, Nairobi County, where 5 percent live and Tharaka Nithi County, where 3 percent live. Beside Kenya it occurs in 40 countries. It is also found in Ghana, where 5 percent live and The Ivory Coast, where 1 percent live.
Kobia Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those bearing the Kobia surname is primarily Christian (100%) in Kenya.
In The United States those holding the Kobia surname are 13.23% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 60% being registered with the party.
Kobia earn notably less less than the average income. In United States they earn 20.16% less than the national average, earning $34,451 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Kobia Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Kobia in the Arabic language | ||
| كوبيا | kwbya | - |
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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 Kobia
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