Oubek Surname
Approximately 63 people bear this surname
Oubek Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mauritania | 62 | 1:66,046 | 4,544 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
Oubek Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Oubek Come From? nationality or country of origin
Oubek (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻭﺑﻚ) is more commonly found in Mauritania than any other country or territory. It may occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Oubek? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 2,414,640th most commonly used family name on earth, held by around 1 in 115,675,332 people. The surname is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Oubek live; 100 percent live in West Africa and 98 percent live in Senegambia Africa.
This surname is most commonly held in Mauritania, where it is borne by 62 people, or 1 in 66,046. In Mauritania it is mostly concentrated in: Hodh Chargui Region, where 19 percent live, Assaba Region, where 18 percent live and Guidimagha Region, where 18 percent live. Aside from Mauritania Oubek occurs in one country. It is also found in Cameroon, where 2 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Oubek Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Oubek in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺍﻭﺑﻚ | awbk | 64.29 |
| ﺃﻭﺑﻚ | awbk | 28.57 |
| ﺑﻚ | bk | 3.57 |
| ﺁﻭﺑﻚ | awbk | 3.57 |
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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 Oubek
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