Preboye Surname
Approximately 236 people bear this surname
Preboye Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 233 | 1:760,269 | 34,383 |
| England | 2 | 1:27,859,030 | 389,889 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Preboye (81) may also be a first name.
Preboye Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Preboye Come From? nationality or country of origin
Preboye is held by more people in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It may also occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Preboye? popularity and diffusion
The surname Preboye is the 1,058,336th most widespread surname on a worldwide basis, borne by around 1 in 30,879,432 people. Preboye occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Preboye are found; 99 percent are found in West Africa and 99 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 1,068,082nd most frequent forename internationally, borne by 81 people.
Preboye is most widespread in Nigeria, where it is held by 233 people, or 1 in 760,269. In Nigeria Preboye is most frequent in: Delta, where 76 percent reside, Bayelsa, where 13 percent reside and Lagos, where 5 percent reside. Aside from Nigeria this last name exists in 2 countries. It is also common in England, where 1 percent reside and The United States, where 0 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Preboy | 92 | 52 | / |
| Prieboy | 86 | 117 | / |
| Preboya | 86 | 1 | / |
| Presboy | 86 | 0 | / |
| Prebowei | 80 | 1 | / |
| Prebay | 77 | 139 | / |
| Priboy | 77 | 106 | / |
| Prevoe | 77 | 37 | / |
| Prebee | 77 | 24 | / |
| Preboj | 77 | 6 | / |
| Prebou | 77 | 4 | / |
| Pirboy | 77 | 4 | / |
| Proboy | 77 | 4 | / |
| Prewoe | 77 | 4 | / |
| Prebie | 77 | 3 | / |
| Perboy | 77 | 1 | / |
| Prebue | 77 | 1 | / |
| Prebey | 77 | 0 | / |
| Prebois | 71 | 96 | / |
| Pirbhoy | 71 | 21 | / |
| Prieboj | 71 | 16 | / |
| Praboyo | 71 | 13 | / |
| Presbey | 71 | 7 | / |
| Perzboy | 71 | 4 | / |
| Prebeha | 71 | 3 | / |
| Proybee | 71 | 1 | / |
| Preboit | 71 | 1 | / |
| Pirboyi | 71 | 1 | / |
| Perbhoy | 71 | 1 | / |
| Prievoy | 71 | 1 | / |
| Presbuy | 71 | 0 | / |
| Peerboy | 71 | 0 | / |
| Peerbaye | 67 | 88 | / |
| Peerbhoy | 67 | 78 | / |
| Probayeh | 67 | 5 | / |
| Preboist | 67 | 4 | / |
| Prewauye | 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 Preboye
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