Obh Surname

2,352,516th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 66 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Iran
Highest density in:
Iran

Obh Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Obh Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Iran441:1,745,05765,590
Morocco91:3,830,67854,497
Nigeria81:22,142,845310,552
Thailand51:14,127,669603,945

Obh (63) may also be a first name.

Obh Last Name Facts

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

Obh occurs more in Iran more than any other country/territory. It may be rendered as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Obh? popularity and diffusion

Obh is the 2,352,516th most widely held surname in the world, held by approximately 1 in 110,417,362 people. This last name occurs mostly in Asia, where 74 percent of Obh live; 67 percent live in South Asia and 67 percent live in Islamic South Asia. It is also the 1,234,572nd most frequent forename throughout the world It is held by 63 people.

The surname is most numerous in Iran, where it is held by 44 people, or 1 in 1,745,057. In Iran Obh is most common in: Razavi Khorasan Province, where 41 percent live, East Azerbaijan Province, where 27 percent live and Tehran Province, where 20 percent live. Beside Iran this last name occurs in 3 countries. It is also common in Morocco, where 14 percent live and Nigeria, where 12 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Gobh8622/
Hobh8620/
Oobh863/
Obch862/
Ojbh862/
Oubh861/
Osbh861/
Obhh861/
Obph861/
Obsh861/
Ob801,938/
Hobch751/
Ojbth751/
Obchh751/
Uobth751/
Hob672,541/
Otb671,249/
Gob671,060/
Oib67521/
Oub67488/
Uob67193/
Obs67174/
Ohf6771/
Oeb6763/
Hobsch6753/
Owh6748/
Abh6741/
Obt6733/
Osb6728/
Ohw6713/
Oob6713/
Ohb6711/
Oph679/
Ebh678/
Obd677/
Ojb676/
Ubh675/
Obp675/
Obz675/
Ofh674/
Ohp674/
Oyb672/
Obå671/

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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 Obh
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