Nwobia Surname
Approximately 618 people bear this surname
Nwobia Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 617 | 1:287,103 | 16,148 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
Nwobia (73) may also be a first name.
Nwobia Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Nwobia Come From? nationality or country of origin
Nwobia occurs in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It may appear as:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Nwobia? popularity and diffusion
It is the 525,029th most widely held surname worldwide It is held by approximately 1 in 11,792,145 people. The surname Nwobia is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Nwobia reside; 100 percent reside in West Africa and 100 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Nwobia is also the 1,134,117th most commonly used forename in the world, held by 73 people.
This surname is most frequently occurring in Nigeria, where it is held by 617 people, or 1 in 287,103. In Nigeria Nwobia is most numerous in: Abia, where 35 percent reside, Ebonyi, where 30 percent reside and Rivers, where 14 percent reside. Other than Nigeria it occurs in one country. It also occurs in The Ivory Coast, where 0 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nwgobia | 92 | 4 | / |
| Nwobiay | 92 | 4 | / |
| Nwobioha | 86 | 10 | / |
| Nwobiayi | 86 | 1 | / |
| Nwabia | 83 | 561 | / |
| Nwebia | 83 | 9 | / |
| Nwobya | 83 | 4 | / |
| Nwobio | 83 | 3 | / |
| Nwubia | 83 | 2 | / |
| Nwaebia | 77 | 36 | / |
| Nwabiah | 77 | 3 | / |
| Nwaabia | 77 | 1 | / |
| Nwaubia | 77 | 1 | / |
| Nwatbia | 77 | 1 | / |
| Nwuhabia | 71 | 2 | / |
| Nwubio | 67 | 10 | / |
| Nwabio | 67 | 7 | / |
| Nbabia | 67 | 3 | / |
| Mbobia | 67 | 2 | / |
| Nuebia | 67 | 2 | / |
| Mvoubia | 62 | 29 | / |
| N'Bobio | 62 | 1 | / |
| Nwaubio | 62 | 1 | / |
| Mbubia | 50 | 36 | / |
| Mbovia | 50 | 27 | / |
| Mbabia | 50 | 14 | / |
| Mbobya | 50 | 8 | / |
| Mbobio | 50 | 6 | / |
| Mbavia | 50 | 1 | / |
| Nvubya | 50 | 1 | / |
| Nbovio | 50 | 1 | / |
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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 Nwobia
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