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 surname Lobele occurs in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It may also appear as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Lobele? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 1,558,593rd most commonly occurring last name globally. It is borne by around 1 in 55,208,681 people. The surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 98 percent of Lobele live; 53 percent live in West Africa and 53 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 3,306,491st most prevalent forename globally. It is borne by 12 people.
It is most frequently used in Nigeria, where it is borne by 70 people, or 1 in 2,530,611. In Nigeria it is most common in: Ondo, where 87 percent live, Ogun, where 6 percent live and Lagos, where 4 percent live. Apart from Nigeria this surname occurs in 5 countries. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 42 percent live and Kenya, where 2 percent live.
Lobele Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Lobele has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the last name grew 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
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- 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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