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
Average Kobia Salary in
United States
$34,451 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Kobia Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kobia Come From? nationality or country of origin
Kobia (Arabic: كوبيا) is more commonly found in Kenya than any other country/territory. It may appear as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Kobia? popularity and diffusion
It is the 44,069th most common family name internationally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 618,165 people. It is mostly found in Africa, where 98 percent of Kobia live; 90 percent live in East Africa and 87 percent live in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 113,726th most frequently occurring first name world-wide It is held by 3,819 people.
This surname is most common in Kenya, where it is borne by 10,571 people, or 1 in 4,369. In Kenya it is most numerous in: Meru County, where 82 percent are found, Nairobi County, where 5 percent are found and Tharaka Nithi County, where 3 percent are found. Aside from Kenya this last name occurs in 40 countries. It also occurs in Ghana, where 5 percent are found and The Ivory Coast, where 1 percent are found.
Kobia Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those carrying the Kobia last name is principally 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 US average, with 60% being registered to vote for the political 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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- 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 Kobia
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