Lobele Surname
Approximately 132 people bear this surname
Lobele Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 70 | 1:2,530,611 | 83,100 |
| DR Congo | 55 | 1:1,343,265 | 79,223 |
| Kenya | 2 | 1:23,089,950 | 83,168 |
| Uganda | 2 | 1:19,519,640 | 189,114 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1 | 1:50,218,684 | 817,899 |
Lobele (12) may also be a first name.
Lobele Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Lobele Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Lobele has its highest incidence in Nigeria. It may also be found as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Lobele? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 1,558,593rd most frequently held family name internationally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 55,208,681 people. Lobele is predominantly found in Africa, where 98 percent of Lobele reside; 53 percent reside in West Africa and 53 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 3,306,491st most frequently used first name on earth. It is borne by 12 people.
The last name Lobele is most common in Nigeria, where it is borne by 70 people, or 1 in 2,530,611. In Nigeria Lobele is primarily concentrated in: Ondo, where 87 percent are found, Ogun, where 6 percent are found and Lagos, where 4 percent are found. Outside of Nigeria it exists in 5 countries. It is also found in The DR Congo, where 42 percent are found and Kenya, where 2 percent are found.
Lobele Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Lobele has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Lobele last name expanded 200 percent between 1880 and 2014.
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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 Lobele
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