Oubah Surname
Approximately 5,688 people bear this surname
Oubah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Algeria | 4,694 | 1:8,230 | 1,413 |
| Morocco | 818 | 1:42,147 | 6,853 |
| Djibouti | 150 | 1:6,100 | 439 |
| Ethiopia | 16 | 1:6,096,641 | 11,907 |
| France | 4 | 1:16,605,680 | 368,153 |
| Mauritania | 2 | 1:2,047,432 | 30,537 |
| Niger | 2 | 1:9,596,008 | 86,358 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
Oubah (3,098) may also be a first name.
Oubah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Oubah Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Oubah (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻭﺑﺎﻩ) is found most in Algeria. It can appear as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Oubah? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 84,881st most prevalent last name on a global scale, borne by approximately 1 in 1,281,214 people. Oubah occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Oubah reside; 97 percent reside in North Africa and 97 percent reside in Mahgreb. It is also the 129,527th most frequently occurring forename worldwide. It is borne by 3,098 people.
Oubah is most widespread in Algeria, where it is borne by 4,694 people, or 1 in 8,230. In Algeria it is mostly found in: Djelfa Province, where 96 percent reside, Sétif Province, where 4 percent reside and Illizi Province, where 0 percent reside. Not including Algeria this last name is found in 8 countries. It also occurs in Morocco, where 14 percent reside and Djibouti, where 3 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Oubah Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Oubah in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺍﻭﺑﺎﻩ | awbah | 50 |
| ﺃﻭﺑﺎﻩ | awbah | 50 |
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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 Oubah
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