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 surname Owobe is found most in Nigeria. It may also occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Owobe click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Owobe? popularity and diffusion
It is the 2,293,424th most commonly used last name world-wide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 105,616,607 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Owobe live; 99 percent live in West Africa and 99 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
This last name is most frequently occurring in Nigeria, where it is held by 67 people, or 1 in 2,643,922. In Nigeria Owobe is primarily concentrated in: Abia, where 48 percent live, Rivers, where 43 percent live and Lagos, where 6 percent live. Not including Nigeria Owobe is found in 2 countries. It is also found 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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