Nobay Surname
Approximately 42 people bear this surname
Nobay Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malaysia | 14 | 1:2,106,730 | 83,604 |
| Australia | 6 | 1:4,499,284 | 146,780 |
| England | 4 | 1:13,929,515 | 290,718 |
| Philippines | 4 | 1:25,309,556 | 279,062 |
| United States | 4 | 1:90,614,733 | 1,198,479 |
| Cameroon | 3 | 1:6,923,023 | 143,724 |
| Ecuador | 2 | 1:7,952,923 | 34,269 |
| Norway | 2 | 1:2,571,143 | 95,402 |
| Bolivia | 1 | 1:10,616,434 | 17,077 |
| Hong Kong | 1 | 1:7,335,483 | 16,643 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
Nobay (23) may also be a first name.
Nobay Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Nobay Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Nobay is found most in Malaysia. It can also be found as:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Nobay? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 3,017,195th most commonly held family name worldwide, held by around 1 in 173,512,998 people. Nobay occurs predominantly in Asia, where 48 percent of Nobay live; 45 percent live in Southeast Asia and 36 percent live in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. Nobay is also the 2,239,265th most prevalent first name at a global level, held by 23 people.
The surname is most commonly used in Malaysia, where it is held by 14 people, or 1 in 2,106,730. In Malaysia it is most prevalent in: Sarawak, where 100 percent live. Not including Malaysia this surname exists in 10 countries. It is also common in Australia, where 14 percent live and England, where 10 percent live.
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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 Nobay
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