Nobai Surname
Approximately 42 people bear this surname
Nobai Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 22 | 1:370,624 | 48,900 |
| Benin | 17 | 1:607,977 | 36,930 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
Nobai (85) may also be a first name.
Nobai Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Nobai Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Nobai is more commonly found in Papua New Guinea than any other country or territory. It can be found as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Nobai? popularity and diffusion
Nobai is the 3,017,195th most frequently occurring last name throughout the world It is held by around 1 in 173,512,998 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Oceania, where 52 percent of Nobai reside; 52 percent reside in Oceania Islands and 52 percent reside in Papuan Oceania. It is also the 1,039,322nd most frequently occurring given name on earth It is held by 85 people.
It is most common in Papua New Guinea, where it is carried by 22 people, or 1 in 370,624. In Papua New Guinea Nobai is most prevalent in: East Sepik, where 59 percent are found, Chimbu, where 27 percent are found and Eastern Highlands, where 9 percent are found. Besides Papua New Guinea it is found in 4 countries. It also occurs in Benin, where 40 percent are found and Cameroon, where 2 percent are found.
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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 Nobai
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