Owobe Surname
Approximately 69 people bear this surname
Owobe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 67 | 1:2,643,922 | 85,652 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
Owobe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Owobe Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Owobe occurs most in Nigeria. It can also be rendered as:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Owobe? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 2,293,424th most numerous family name throughout the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 105,616,607 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Owobe are found; 99 percent are found in West Africa and 99 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
It is most frequently held in Nigeria, where it is carried by 67 people, or 1 in 2,643,922. In Nigeria Owobe is mostly found in: Abia, where 48 percent live, Rivers, where 43 percent live and Lagos, where 6 percent live. Other than Nigeria Owobe exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in Benin, where 1 percent live and England, where 1 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Owuobe | 91 | 37 | / |
| Owobie | 91 | 33 | / |
| Owobei | 91 | 1 | / |
| Owoube | 91 | 1 | / |
| Howobe | 91 | 1 | / |
| Ohwobe | 91 | 1 | / |
| Owhoobe | 83 | 1 | / |
| Owoubie | 83 | 1 | / |
| Owobi | 80 | 825 | / |
| Obobe | 80 | 147 | / |
| Owube | 80 | 106 | / |
| Ewobe | 80 | 48 | / |
| Owebe | 80 | 34 | / |
| Owoba | 80 | 12 | / |
| Owabe | 80 | 7 | / |
| Awobe | 80 | 6 | / |
| Owove | 80 | 4 | / |
| Uwobe | 80 | 4 | / |
| Owoby | 80 | 1 | / |
| Owabie | 73 | 667 | / |
| Owoiba | 73 | 81 | / |
| Ohwove | 73 | 37 | / |
| Uwhobe | 73 | 19 | / |
| Howabe | 73 | 9 | / |
| Ewobee | 73 | 9 | / |
| Owoebi | 73 | 8 | / |
| Owouba | 73 | 5 | / |
| Ohuobe | 73 | 4 | / |
| Owuoba | 73 | 4 | / |
| Osuobe | 73 | 3 | / |
| Ojuobe | 73 | 3 | / |
| Owoibi | 73 | 3 | / |
| Obobee | 73 | 3 | / |
| Awobie | 73 | 2 | / |
| Owuebe | 73 | 2 | / |
| Awoube | 73 | 1 | / |
| Owhove | 73 | 1 | / |
| Owuube | 73 | 1 | / |
| Owobui | 73 | 1 | / |
| Oswobi | 73 | 1 | / |
| Ohwoba | 73 | 1 | / |
| Awhobe | 73 | 1 | / |
| Awobei | 73 | 1 | / |
| Ewoube | 73 | 1 | / |
| Gowabe | 73 | 1 | / |
| Owebei | 73 | 1 | / |
| Owuobi | 73 | 1 | / |
| Owubey | 73 | 0 | / |
| Ouboube | 67 | 2 | / |
| Ahwobee | 67 | 1 | / |
| Obuobea | 67 | 1 | / |
| Houwabe | 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
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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 Owobe
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