Woebs Surname

4,206,983rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 22 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Germany

Woebs Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Woebs Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany201:4,025,273167,743
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915

Woebs Last Name Facts

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

Woebs occurs in Germany more than any other country or territory. It may also appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Woebs? popularity and diffusion

The surname Woebs is the 4,206,983rd most frequently used family name at a global level It is held by around 1 in 331,252,087 people. The last name Woebs is mostly found in Europe, where 95 percent of Woebs reside; 91 percent reside in Western Europe and 91 percent reside in Germanic Europe.

It is most frequently used in Germany, where it is borne by 20 people, or 1 in 4,025,273. In Germany Woebs is primarily found in: Hamburg, where 55 percent are found, Schleswig-Holstein, where 35 percent are found and Lower Saxony, where 5 percent are found. Without taking into account Germany this surname is found in 2 countries. It is also found in Ireland, where 5 percent are found and Thailand, where 5 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Woebse9158/
Webs891,581/
Wobs8911/
Woobs8016/
Weebs802/
Weibs801/
Wiebs801/
Woepse7365/
Woheib732/
Weyebs731/
Weibsh730/
Wubs67993/
Weps67618/
Wabs67481/
Wäbs6737/
Voeb6732/
Vebs6715/
Wöbs677/
Webz676/
Wops671/
Uoeb671/
Woev671/
Vobs671/
Waeb671/

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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 Woebs
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