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 held by more people in Ghana than any other country or territory. It may also appear as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Obboye? popularity and diffusion
It is the 5,391,485th most commonly used family name in the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 560,580,455 people. Obboye is primarily found in Africa, where 69 percent of Obboye are found; 69 percent are found in West Africa and 69 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
The surname is most commonly held in Ghana, where it is carried by 9 people, or 1 in 3,002,299. Without taking into account Ghana this last name is found in 3 countries. It is also common in England, where 15 percent reside and Canada, where 8 percent reside.
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
- 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 Obboye
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