Obboye Surname
Approximately 13 people bear this surname
Obboye Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ghana | 9 | 1:3,002,299 | 11,581 |
| England | 2 | 1:27,859,030 | 389,889 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
Obboye Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Obboye Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Obboye is found most in Ghana. It can appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Obboye? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 5,391,485th most frequently used family name in the world, borne by around 1 in 560,580,455 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 69 percent of Obboye live; 69 percent live in West Africa and 69 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
The last name Obboye is most commonly occurring in Ghana, where it is held by 9 people, or 1 in 3,002,299. Apart from Ghana it exists in 3 countries. It also occurs in England, where 15 percent live and Canada, where 8 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Obboy | 91 | 14 | / |
| Abboye | 83 | 20 | / |
| Obbeye | 83 | 14 | / |
| Obbaye | 83 | 2 | / |
| Ebboye | 83 | 1 | / |
| Obuoye | 83 | 1 | / |
| Obboya | 83 | 1 | / |
| Obwoye | 83 | 1 | / |
| Hobbaye | 77 | 34 | / |
| Abboyee | 77 | 4 | / |
| Obwoeye | 77 | 2 | / |
| Abbouye | 77 | 1 | / |
| Abboy | 73 | 145 | / |
| Ebboy | 73 | 119 | / |
| Obbey | 73 | 55 | / |
| Ubboe | 73 | 31 | / |
| Obbie | 73 | 26 | / |
| Obbee | 73 | 13 | / |
| Obbay | 73 | 11 | / |
| Abbye | 73 | 7 | / |
| Obboi | 73 | 4 | / |
| Obuoy | 73 | 1 | / |
| Obbej | 73 | 1 | / |
| Houbbaye | 71 | 1 | / |
| Obwoya | 67 | 4,134 | / |
| Abbaye | 67 | 1,023 | / |
| Obuoyo | 67 | 154 | / |
| Gobbie | 67 | 120 | / |
| Ovbiye | 67 | 108 | / |
| Gobbee | 67 | 53 | / |
| Gobbey | 67 | 46 | / |
| Abwoye | 67 | 34 | / |
| Ebbeye | 67 | 25 | / |
| Obwoyo | 67 | 19 | / |
| Obbuyi | 67 | 13 | / |
| Ebbiye | 67 | 13 | / |
| Oubbou | 67 | 10 | / |
| Abboue | 67 | 9 | / |
| Abbeye | 67 | 9 | / |
| Obbeya | 67 | 9 | / |
| Abbiye | 67 | 8 | / |
| Obuowe | 67 | 6 | / |
| Abboei | 67 | 5 | / |
| Abbouy | 67 | 4 | / |
| Obueye | 67 | 3 | / |
| Hubboe | 67 | 3 | / |
| Gabbye | 67 | 2 | / |
| Ebbaye | 67 | 2 | / |
| Hobbee | 67 | 2 | / |
| Obbaya | 67 | 1 | / |
| Owhboe | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ovboje | 67 | 1 | / |
| Obbuya | 67 | 1 | / |
| Aubboy | 67 | 1 | / |
| Gabboy | 67 | 1 | / |
| Gobbei | 67 | 1 | / |
| Obuoyi | 67 | 1 | / |
| Opuoye | 67 | 1 | / |
| Oubbea | 67 | 1 | / |
| Gobbeu | 67 | 1 | / |
| Gobbay | 67 | 1 | / |
| Hobbay | 67 | 1 | / |
| Oubbey | 67 | 1 | / |
| Hobbey | 67 | 1 | / |
| Hobbei | 67 | 0 | / |
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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 Obboye
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