Oqba Surname
Approximately 864 people bear this surname
Oqba Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Egypt | 580 | 1:158,510 | 12,069 |
| Morocco | 273 | 1:126,286 | 22,036 |
| Iran | 6 | 1:12,797,087 | 199,837 |
| Pakistan | 2 | 1:89,321,942 | 157,560 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Kuwait | 1 | 1:3,800,694 | 27,187 |
Oqba (221) may also be a first name.
Oqba Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Oqba Come From? nationality or country of origin
Oqba occurs most in Egypt. It may appear as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Oqba? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 405,451st most commonly used last name in the world. It is borne by around 1 in 8,434,660 people. The surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Oqba are found; 99 percent are found in North Africa and 67 percent are found in Arabic North Africa. It is also the 606,684th most prevalent given name on earth, held by 221 people.
The surname Oqba is most frequently occurring in Egypt, where it is carried by 580 people, or 1 in 158,510. Excluding Egypt it occurs in 5 countries. It also occurs in Morocco, where 32 percent are found and Iran, where 1 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ouqba | 89 | 204 | / |
| Oqbai | 89 | 6 | / |
| Hoqba | 89 | 4 | / |
| Oiqba | 89 | 1 | / |
| Oqubay | 80 | 5 | / |
| Okba | 75 | 4,934 | / |
| Ocba | 75 | 1,301 | / |
| Aqba | 75 | 72 | / |
| Eqba | 75 | 1 | / |
| Okbay | 67 | 254 | / |
| Aqbat | 67 | 181 | / |
| Aqbai | 67 | 86 | / |
| Okbaz | 67 | 62 | / |
| Oukba | 67 | 58 | / |
| Okbaş | 67 | 46 | / |
| Ocbai | 67 | 13 | / |
| Okbai | 67 | 8 | / |
| Ockba | 67 | 3 | / |
| Aqbas | 67 | 2 | / |
| Equba | 67 | 1 | / |
| Okkba | 67 | 1 | / |
| Hokba | 67 | 1 | / |
| Gaqba | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ocbea | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ocbay | 67 | 1 | / |
| Gokba | 67 | 1 | / |
| Okboa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Aeqba | 67 | 1 | / |
| Eqbai | 67 | 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 Oqba
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