Owbey Surname
Approximately 12 people bear this surname
Owbey Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mauritania | 11 | 1:372,260 | 15,230 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Owbey Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Owbey Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Owbey (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺃﻭﺑﻲ) is held by more people in Mauritania than any other country/territory. It may also appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Owbey click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Owbey? popularity and diffusion
It is the 5,587,209th most widely held surname at a global level It is held by approximately 1 in 607,295,493 people. The last name Owbey is predominantly found in Africa, where 92 percent of Owbey reside; 92 percent reside in West Africa and 92 percent reside in Senegambia Africa.
This surname is most commonly occurring in Mauritania, where it is carried by 11 people, or 1 in 372,260. In Mauritania it is primarily found in: Trarza Region, where 100 percent live. Without taking into account Mauritania Owbey occurs in one country. It is also common in The United States, where 8 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gowbey | 91 | 1 | / |
| Owbeyy | 91 | 1 | / |
| Ouwbey | 91 | 1 | / |
| Owby | 89 | 2 | / |
| Owbe | 89 | 1 | / |
| Obbey | 80 | 55 | / |
| Ovbey | 80 | 38 | / |
| Owbed | 80 | 22 | / |
| Howbe | 80 | 11 | / |
| Obuey | 80 | 4 | / |
| Awbey | 80 | 3 | / |
| Ewbey | 80 | 3 | / |
| Owbej | 80 | 1 | / |
| Howby | 80 | 1 | / |
| Oswbe | 80 | 1 | / |
| Gowbe | 80 | 0 | / |
| Obbeye | 73 | 14 | / |
| Obbeya | 73 | 9 | / |
| Howbed | 73 | 7 | / |
| Obueye | 73 | 3 | / |
| Gowbei | 73 | 2 | / |
| Hobbey | 73 | 1 | / |
| Oubbey | 73 | 1 | / |
| Howbys | 73 | 1 | / |
| Gowbie | 73 | 1 | / |
| Owhboe | 73 | 1 | / |
| Ovweye | 73 | 1 | / |
| Owbuyi | 73 | 1 | / |
| Ohwbue | 73 | 1 | / |
| Howber | 73 | 0 | / |
| Owbett | 73 | 0 | / |
| Obue | 67 | 657 | / |
| Obby | 67 | 143 | / |
| Ovwe | 67 | 113 | / |
| Obbe | 67 | 29 | / |
| Owhueyi | 67 | 8 | / |
| Owve | 67 | 5 | / |
| Ofwe | 67 | 5 | / |
| Ovbe | 67 | 4 | / |
| Ewby | 67 | 4 | / |
| Awbe | 67 | 3 | / |
| Obwehya | 67 | 2 | / |
| Ewbe | 67 | 2 | / |
| Ouwbehe | 67 | 1 | / |
| Owba | 67 | 1 | / |
| Awby | 67 | 1 | / |
| Howbett | 67 | 1 | / |
| Houwbet | 67 | 1 | / |
| Owbé | 67 | 1 | / |
| Owbi | 67 | 1 | / |
Owbey Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Owbey in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺃﻭﺑﻲ | awby | - |
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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 Owbey
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