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 more in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Nwobia? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 525,029th most widespread surname worldwide It is held by around 1 in 11,792,145 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Nwobia are found; 100 percent are found in West Africa and 100 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 1,134,117th most common first name globally, borne by 73 people.
It is most widespread in Nigeria, where it is borne by 617 people, or 1 in 287,103. In Nigeria Nwobia is primarily found in: Abia, where 35 percent are found, Ebonyi, where 30 percent are found and Rivers, where 14 percent are found. Apart from Nigeria this last name occurs in one country. It also occurs in The Ivory Coast, where 0 percent are found.
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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