Umukobwa Surname

3,730,171st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 28 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Rwanda
Highest density in:
Rwanda

Umukobwa Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Umukobwa Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Rwanda251:454,5991,711
DR Congo11:73,879,570260,543
Uganda11:39,039,279258,887
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Umukobwa Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Umukobwa Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Umukobwa is more frequently found in Rwanda than any other country/territory. It may also occur as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Umukobwa.

How Common Is The Last Name Umukobwa? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 3,730,171st most widespread surname worldwide, borne by approximately 1 in 260,269,497 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 96 percent of Umukobwa reside; 93 percent reside in East Africa and 93 percent reside in East Bantu Africa.

The last name Umukobwa is most frequently occurring in Rwanda, where it is held by 25 people, or 1 in 454,599. Aside from Rwanda this last name occurs in 3 countries. It is also common in The DR Congo, where 4 percent are found and Uganda, where 4 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Omukoba80100/
Umuekba801/
Omukubwa7513/
Amukabwa753/
Umukabia751/
Umukpo7173/
Umukoyibo7122/
Yamukobia7121/
Umugba7119/
Umogba7114/
Umukpa715/
Omukuba671,337/
Umogbai67490/
Omokoba67137/
Emekoba6771/
Umuagba6733/
Amukobe6711/
Umugaba6710/
Umoukpa674/
Umuakpa673/
Umuikpo673/
Umuakpo672/
Amukuba672/
Umukopo672/
Emuogba671/
Omukbai671/
Eu Makhoba671/
Omukobe671/
Omukaba671/
Amukobo671/

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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 Umukobwa
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