Tobena Surname
Approximately 163 people bear this surname
Tobena Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 133 | 1:61,306 | 7,931 |
| France | 24 | 1:2,767,613 | 196,808 |
| Argentina | 1 | 1:42,743,414 | 282,706 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
The alternate forms: Tobeña (163) are calculated separately.
Tobena (43) may also be a first name.
Tobena Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Tobena Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Tobena has its highest incidence in Papua New Guinea. It may also occur as a variant: Tobeña. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Tobena? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 1,359,010th most widely held surname at a global level. It is borne by around 1 in 44,708,871 people. The surname Tobena is primarily found in Oceania, where 82 percent of Tobena live; 82 percent live in Oceania Islands and 82 percent live in Papuan Oceania. It is also the 1,545,828th most prevalent first name globally. It is borne by 43 people.
The surname Tobena is most commonly used in Papua New Guinea, where it is held by 133 people, or 1 in 61,306. In Papua New Guinea Tobena is most common in: East Sepik, where 77 percent are found, Hela, where 10 percent are found and Bougainville, where 7 percent are found. Not including Papua New Guinea this last name is found in 7 countries. It is also common in France, where 15 percent are found and Argentina, where 1 percent are found.
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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 Tobena
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