Oqbah Surname
Approximately 446 people bear this surname
Oqbah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yemen | 422 | 1:62,619 | 4,641 |
| Iraq | 21 | 1:1,667,698 | 16,789 |
| Syria | 1 | 1:19,301,022 | 22,457 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| Tunisia | 1 | 1:610,626 | 30,336 |
Oqbah (1,111) may also be a first name.
Oqbah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Oqbah Come From? nationality or country of origin
Oqbah is borne by more people in Yemen than any other country/territory. It may also be found in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Oqbah? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 670,508th most prevalent last name throughout the world It is held by around 1 in 16,339,789 people. The last name Oqbah is mostly found in Asia, where 100 percent of Oqbah reside; 100 percent reside in West Asia and 95 percent reside in Arabian Peninsula. Oqbah is also the 239,289th most commonly used first name in the world, borne by 1,111 people.
The last name Oqbah is most frequently occurring in Yemen, where it is carried by 422 people, or 1 in 62,619. In Yemen Oqbah is most common in: Sa'dah Governorate, where 45 percent live, Taiz Governorate, where 41 percent live and Aden Governorate, where 9 percent live. Besides Yemen this surname exists in 4 countries. It is also found in Iraq, where 5 percent live and Syria, where 0 percent live.
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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 Oqbah
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