Nwobe Surname

1,108,016th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 220 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Nwobe Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Nwobe Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria2191:808,87136,014
Cameroon11:20,769,068227,406

Nwobe (17) may also be a first name.

Nwobe Last Name Facts

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

The surname Nwobe occurs more in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It may appear as:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Nwobe? popularity and diffusion

The surname Nwobe is the 1,108,016th most numerous last name worldwide It is held by around 1 in 33,125,209 people. Nwobe is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Nwobe live; 100 percent live in West Africa and 100 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 2,694,839th most common first name in the world It is held by 17 people.

This surname is most numerous in Nigeria, where it is borne by 219 people, or 1 in 808,871. In Nigeria Nwobe is most prevalent in: Ebonyi, where 57 percent reside, Delta, where 29 percent reside and Rivers, where 6 percent reside. Besides Nigeria Nwobe exists in one country. It is also found in Cameroon, where 0 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Nwobie9140/
Nwobeh911/
Nwobes911/
Nwobee911/
Nwobei911/
Nwoube911/
Nwoobee831/
Nwoba8013,812/
Nwobi803,317/
Nwube80768/
Nwebe80627/
Nwabe80225/
Nuobe806/
Nbobe802/
Nwoby801/
Nwovhe73120/
Nwaebe7384/
Nwabey7363/
Nwaube7324/
Nwebeh7315/
Nwabee7313/
Nwabie7311/
Nwabeh7311/
Nwuoba739/
Nwubeh739/
Nboube737/
Nwebie736/
Nwoiba734/
Nwwebe734/
Nwobai734/
Nnwobi734/
Nwobio733/
Nuobei733/
Nwabge732/
Nwobay732/
Nwabez731/
Nwouba731/
Nwoubi731/
Nwuobi731/
Nnwoba731/
Nwoobi731/
Nwebee731/
Nwobii731/
N'Wabe731/
Nvobee731/
Nwabed731/
Nweube731/
Nwaebee6736/
Nweebie675/
Nwabeee673/
Nwompeh671/
Nwaubeh671/
Nwaubet671/
Nwaebie671/
Nwabije671/

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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 Nwobe
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