Nob Surname

14,984th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 37,172 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Cambodia
Highest density in:
Cambodia

Nob Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Nob Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Cambodia35,6831:434102
Philippines1,2511:80,92614,008
Cameroon651:319,52429,358
Afghanistan321:1,004,7879,548
United States311:11,692,224454,091
Thailand251:2,825,534284,782
Taiwan181:1,302,4868,817
Papua New Guinea181:452,98457,838
Belize131:27,3442,013
Malaysia101:2,949,422111,742
Egypt91:10,215,08448,153
Pakistan41:44,660,971115,884
Israel31:2,852,545113,505
Bhutan21:308,0201,264
New Zealand11:4,528,32355,372
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972
Iran11:76,782,524277,718
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
France11:66,422,722504,397
Singapore11:5,507,70347,049
Austria11:8,515,435118,036
Argentina11:42,743,414282,706

Nob (8,062) may also be a first name.

Nob Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Nob Come From? nationality or country of origin

Nob (Arabic: نوب, Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻧﺒﻘﻮﻫﺎ, Russian: Ноб, Tibetan: ནོབ་) is found most in Cambodia. It can occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Nob click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Nob? popularity and diffusion

The last name Nob is the 14,984th most frequently used last name world-wide, held by around 1 in 196,049 people. The surname occurs mostly in Asia, where 100 percent of Nob are found; 99 percent are found in Southeast Asia and 96 percent are found in Khmer-Asia. Nob is also the 70,714th most commonly occurring first name internationally, held by 8,062 people.

This last name is most frequently held in Cambodia, where it is held by 35,683 people, or 1 in 434. In Cambodia it is mostly concentrated in: Takéo Province, where 24 percent reside, Kampot Province, where 13 percent reside and Phnom Penh, where 13 percent reside. Without taking into account Cambodia it exists in 21 countries. It also occurs in The Philippines, where 3 percent reside and Cameroon, where 0 percent reside.

Nob Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Nob surname are 46.77% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 100% registered with the political party.

Nob earn somewhat more than the average income. In United States they earn 10.23% more than the national average, earning $47,562 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Noeb867,282/
Noyb863,616/
Noib862,189/
Nobs861,736/
Noub86381/
Ngob86251/
Noob86112/
Nobh863/
Nobd861/
Gnob861/
Nuob861/
Ngoub7559/
Ngoib757/
Nobph756/
Noubd753/
Nnobs752/
Ngoob751/
Nhoeb751/
Noybz751/
Gnoob751/
N'Gob751/
Nab677,585/
Nov674,121/
Neb673,805/
Nub672,027/
Nop671,603/
Nof671,427/
Now67282/
Näb6721/
Nobova671/
Nobhtt671/

Nob Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Nob in the Hassaniya-Arabic language
ﻧﺒﻘﻮﻫﺎnbqwha-
Nob in the Tibetan language
ནོབ་nob33.33
ནོརཔ་norpa28.57
ནུབ་nub14.29
ནོརབུ་norbu9.52
ནོར་བུ་norbu4.76
ནོརབ་norab4.76
ནོར་བུ།norbu2.38
ནོརཔ།norpa2.38
Nob in the Russian language
Нобnob-
Nob in the Arabic language
نوبnwb-

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Footnotes

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