Tobiah Surname
Approximately 937 people bear this surname
Tobiah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 617 | 1:287,103 | 16,148 |
| Ghana | 277 | 1:97,548 | 9,187 |
| Indonesia | 20 | 1:6,612,460 | 283,723 |
| Iran | 16 | 1:4,798,908 | 119,068 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
Tobiah (604) may also be a first name.
Tobiah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Tobiah Come From? nationality or country of origin
Tobiah is found in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It can occur in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Tobiah? popularity and diffusion
Tobiah is the 380,576th most frequently used family name globally It is held by approximately 1 in 7,777,530 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 96 percent of Tobiah live; 95 percent live in West Africa and 95 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Tobiah is also the 340,092nd most commonly held first name internationally. It is borne by 604 people.
This surname is most frequently held in Nigeria, where it is carried by 617 people, or 1 in 287,103. In Nigeria Tobiah is primarily found in: Rivers, where 81 percent reside, Bayelsa, where 7 percent reside and Akwa Ibom, where 5 percent reside. Aside from Nigeria this last name occurs in 9 countries. It is also common in Ghana, where 30 percent reside and Indonesia, where 2 percent reside.
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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 Tobiah
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