Tobby Surname
Approximately 1,919 people bear this surname
Tobby Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 1,165 | 1:152,054 | 9,627 |
| Papua New Guinea | 558 | 1:14,612 | 1,410 |
| Liberia | 105 | 1:41,986 | 3,841 |
| United States | 18 | 1:20,136,607 | 622,629 |
| Cameroon | 12 | 1:1,730,756 | 92,157 |
| India | 12 | 1:63,922,115 | 578,870 |
| Indonesia | 6 | 1:22,041,532 | 555,748 |
| Kenya | 5 | 1:9,235,980 | 55,978 |
| England | 5 | 1:11,143,612 | 252,590 |
| Uganda | 3 | 1:13,013,093 | 160,157 |
| Niger | 3 | 1:6,397,339 | 78,839 |
| Russia | 3 | 1:48,041,019 | 639,186 |
| Colombia | 2 | 1:23,887,036 | 32,612 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 1:4,581,136 | 93,443 |
| Mexico | 2 | 1:62,063,102 | 83,384 |
| Tanzania | 2 | 1:26,470,806 | 111,653 |
| South Africa | 2 | 1:27,088,852 | 277,613 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Botswana | 1 | 1:2,186,929 | 30,250 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Solomon Islands | 1 | 1:580,029 | 22,243 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| Ecuador | 1 | 1:15,905,846 | 50,210 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| Egypt | 1 | 1:91,935,754 | 132,737 |
| Nicaragua | 1 | 1:6,021,090 | 8,768 |
| Jamaica | 1 | 1:2,869,947 | 13,896 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 12 | 1:2,031,281 | 60,933 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 13 | 1:3,862,976 | 168,604 |
Tobby (3,976) may also be a first name.
Tobby Demographics
Tobby Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Tobby Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Tobby Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Tobby occurs more in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Tobby? popularity and diffusion
The surname Tobby is the 214,351st most common last name internationally It is held by approximately 1 in 3,797,575 people. The surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 68 percent of Tobby live; 66 percent live in West Africa and 61 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Tobby is also the 110,851st most frequently occurring first name globally. It is borne by 3,976 people.
The last name is most commonly occurring in Nigeria, where it is carried by 1,165 people, or 1 in 152,054. In Nigeria Tobby is most frequent in: Akwa Ibom, where 79 percent reside, Cross River, where 11 percent reside and Rivers, where 4 percent reside. Excluding Nigeria Tobby occurs in 30 countries. It is also common in Papua New Guinea, where 29 percent reside and Liberia, where 5 percent reside.
Tobby Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Tobby has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Tobby last name expanded 138 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it decreased 58 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Tobby Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those bearing the surname is primarily Christian (100%) in Kenya.
Tobby earn somewhat less than the average income. In United States they earn 6.95% less than the national average, earning $40,150 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tobbay | 91 | 2 | / |
| Tobbey | 91 | 1 | / |
| Toibby | 91 | 0 | / |
| Tubby | 80 | 1,478 | / |
| Tobba | 80 | 779 | / |
| Tobbi | 80 | 679 | / |
| Tebby | 80 | 464 | / |
| Tobbe | 80 | 286 | / |
| Tabby | 80 | 269 | / |
| Towby | 80 | 0 | / |
| Tabbay | 73 | 346 | / |
| Toebbe | 73 | 224 | / |
| Toubba | 73 | 143 | / |
| Tebbey | 73 | 134 | / |
| Thobbi | 73 | 54 | / |
| Tobbid | 73 | 37 | / |
| Tobber | 73 | 29 | / |
| Tobbie | 73 | 26 | / |
| Tabbey | 73 | 21 | / |
| Tobbit | 73 | 21 | / |
| Toubbe | 73 | 13 | / |
| Tubbay | 73 | 13 | / |
| Tovbys | 73 | 13 | / |
| Tobbei | 73 | 6 | / |
| Tebbay | 73 | 5 | / |
| Toubbi | 73 | 5 | / |
| Tobbio | 73 | 3 | / |
| Tabbuy | 73 | 1 | / |
| Tobbes | 73 | 1 | / |
| Thebby | 73 | 1 | / |
| Towbey | 73 | 0 | / |
| Tubbey | 73 | 0 | / |
| Htoubbi | 67 | 136 | / |
| Toubbeh | 67 | 42 | / |
| Tovbysh | 67 | 23 | / |
| Tobbitt | 67 | 6 | / |
| Tabbaya | 67 | 6 | / |
| Tovbych | 67 | 4 | / |
| Thobbid | 67 | 4 | / |
| Tobbieh | 67 | 2 | / |
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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 Tobby
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