Owobi Surname
Approximately 825 people bear this surname
Owobi Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 716 | 1:247,406 | 14,328 |
| Congo | 97 | 1:51,434 | 4,724 |
| France | 11 | 1:6,038,429 | 280,838 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
Owobi (88) may also be a first name.
Owobi Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Owobi Come From? nationality or country of origin
Owobi is found in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Owobi? popularity and diffusion
The surname Owobi is the 420,458th most frequently held surname worldwide It is held by approximately 1 in 8,833,389 people. Owobi is mostly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Owobi live; 87 percent live in West Africa and 87 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 1,017,994th most widespread forename in the world It is held by 88 people.
The last name is most commonly used in Nigeria, where it is borne by 716 people, or 1 in 247,406. In Nigeria it is mostly found in: Benue, where 58 percent are found, Plateau, where 13 percent are found and Federal Capital Territory, where 8 percent are found. Other than Nigeria this surname is found in 3 countries. It is also found in The Congo, where 12 percent are found and France, where 1 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Owobie | 91 | 33 | / |
| Owoebi | 91 | 8 | / |
| Owoibi | 91 | 3 | / |
| Owobui | 91 | 1 | / |
| Owobei | 91 | 1 | / |
| Oswobi | 91 | 1 | / |
| Owuobi | 91 | 1 | / |
| Owoubie | 83 | 1 | / |
| Obobi | 80 | 662 | / |
| Awobi | 80 | 85 | / |
| Owobe | 80 | 69 | / |
| Owoba | 80 | 12 | / |
| Uwobi | 80 | 12 | / |
| Owubi | 80 | 8 | / |
| Owabi | 80 | 7 | / |
| Ewobi | 80 | 3 | / |
| Owoby | 80 | 1 | / |
| Obuobi | 73 | 10,238 | / |
| Owabie | 73 | 667 | / |
| Owoiba | 73 | 81 | / |
| Owuobe | 73 | 37 | / |
| Awobit | 73 | 14 | / |
| Awoibi | 73 | 11 | / |
| Owouba | 73 | 5 | / |
| Auwobi | 73 | 5 | / |
| Owuoba | 73 | 4 | / |
| Awohbi | 73 | 3 | / |
| Osuobi | 73 | 3 | / |
| Ohuobi | 73 | 3 | / |
| Awobie | 73 | 2 | / |
| Oboobi | 73 | 2 | / |
| Owebei | 73 | 1 | / |
| Ewoubi | 73 | 1 | / |
| Ouwabi | 73 | 1 | / |
| Owoube | 73 | 1 | / |
| Awoobi | 73 | 1 | / |
| Awoebi | 73 | 1 | / |
| Howobe | 73 | 1 | / |
| Hobobi | 73 | 1 | / |
| Aboobi | 73 | 1 | / |
| Awobei | 73 | 1 | / |
| Ohwoba | 73 | 1 | / |
| Ohwobe | 73 | 1 | / |
| Owaboi | 73 | 1 | / |
| Ochuobi | 67 | 11 | / |
| Uwoubai | 67 | 10 | / |
| Haboobi | 67 | 4 | / |
| Ovuoboi | 67 | 4 | / |
| Ewhuobi | 67 | 4 | / |
| Ouwabai | 67 | 1 | / |
| Owhoobe | 67 | 1 | / |
| Owuibai | 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
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- 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 Owobi
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