Obly Surname

4,307,654th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 21 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Ivory Coast
Highest density in:
Lebanon

Obly Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Obly Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ivory Coast111:2,097,38537,425
United States51:72,491,7871,102,614
Lebanon31:1,879,02822,073
Yemen21:13,212,64740,633

Obly (36) may also be a first name.

Obly Last Name Facts

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

The surname Obly is found in The Ivory Coast more than any other country or territory. It can be rendered as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of Obly.

How Common Is The Last Name Obly? popularity and diffusion

Obly is the 4,307,654th most widespread last name on earth, held by approximately 1 in 347,025,996 people. Obly is mostly found in Africa, where 52 percent of Obly live; 52 percent live in West Africa and 52 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 1,717,090th most widespread given name world-wide It is held by 36 people.

The last name is most commonly occurring in The Ivory Coast, where it is carried by 11 people, or 1 in 2,097,385. In The Ivory Coast it is most prevalent in: Comoé District, where 100 percent reside. Besides The Ivory Coast Obly occurs in 3 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 24 percent reside and Lebanon, where 14 percent reside.

Obly Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those bearing the surname is primarily Shiite (50%) in Lebanon.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Obley89789/
Obloy8998/
Oblay8947/
Gobly8920/
Oubly8913/
Hobly898/
Oblys891/
Osbly891/
Hobley801,514/
Obelly80138/
Gobley8062/
Obilly8022/
Goubly8022/
Goblay801/
Hoobly800/
Oble751,665/
Obla751,639/
Ably75837/
Obli75153/
Ubly758/
Oblj751/
Oblé751/
Obelley7388/
Gobilly731/
Hoshbly731/
Goubley731/
Hoobley730/
Goble6715,358/
Ablay675,613/
Oblea673,583/
Abley671,118/
Oblie67999/
Hoble67781/
Obled67643/
Oblet67627/
Obler67224/
Gobli67193/
Hably67143/
Gably67122/
Hubly6789/
Oblez6781/
Hobli6772/
Obloj6765/
Obles6757/
Abloy6729/
Aubly6728/
Obleh6723/
Oubli6720/
Oubla6716/
Oblia6715/
Oblej6713/
Oblui677/
Oblai676/
Ouble675/
Hobla674/
Ablys674/
Osble674/
Abluy673/
Oblla673/
Oblij673/
Goubelly673/
Oblis671/
Oblli671/
Ovlay671/
Houbllay671/
Gubly671/
Ubley671/
Oblle671/
Hábly671/
Ablya671/
Oblio671/
Ovley670/
Asbly670/

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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 Obly
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