Wobey Surname
Approximately 10 people bear this surname
Wobey Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 10 | 1:5,571,806 | 158,774 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 21 | 1:1,160,732 | 43,748 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1 | 1:50,218,684 | 817,899 |
Wobey Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wobey Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Wobey is found most in England. It can also appear as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Wobey? popularity and diffusion
It is the 6,063,924th most commonly used surname on a global scale, held by around 1 in 728,754,592 people. The surname Wobey occurs predominantly in Europe, where 100 percent of Wobey are found; 100 percent are found in Northern Europe and 100 percent are found in British Isles.
This last name is most common in England, where it is held by 10 people, or 1 in 5,571,806. In England Wobey is most prevalent in: Somerset, where 40 percent live, East Riding of Yorkshire, where 40 percent live and Essex, where 10 percent live.
Wobey Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Wobey has changed through the years. In England the number of people carrying the Wobey last name contracted 52 percent between 1881 and 2014.
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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 Wobey
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