Woloba Surname

5,391,485th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 13 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Liberia
Highest density in:
Liberia

Woloba Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Woloba Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Liberia71:629,79127,063
South Africa51:10,835,541204,227
Guinea11:11,833,8173,268

Woloba (42) may also be a first name.

Woloba Last Name Facts

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

The last name Woloba occurs more in Liberia more than any other country/territory. It may occur as:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Woloba? popularity and diffusion

The surname Woloba is the 5,391,485th most frequently held surname on a worldwide basis. It is borne by around 1 in 560,580,455 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Woloba are found; 62 percent are found in West Africa and 54 percent are found in Anglo-West Africa. It is also the 1,566,439th most common first name at a global level, held by 42 people.

It is most widely held in Liberia, where it is borne by 7 people, or 1 in 629,791. In Liberia Woloba is primarily found in: Lofa County, where 71 percent are found, Bomi County, where 14 percent are found and Grand Gedeh County, where 14 percent are found. Apart from Liberia this last name occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in South Africa, where 38 percent are found and Guinea, where 8 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Wolobah921,979/
Wolobha922/
Wolloba921/
Woloubai861/
Wollobah861/
Boloba83640/
Woluba83197/
Weloba83154/
Wolobo8326/
Wolobi8315/
Waloba835/
Wolaba833/
Woleba832/
Wolobe831/
Woloby831/
Wolubah77169/
Bolouba7796/
Wholuba7757/
Walioba7715/
Walobah778/
Wolobio773/
Woulaba772/
Wholobo772/
Bolobay772/
Bolobai772/
Walooba771/
Woloboi771/
Wohlaba771/
Walobai771/
Wolobod771/
Volobai771/
Boulouba712/
Bollouba712/
Woulebai712/
Bolobaha711/
Woulabai711/
Wholubah711/
Woulubah711/
Buloba675,782/
Bolobo67716/
Walaba67390/
Weleba67382/
Waluba67290/
Boluba67231/
Bouhlouba67138/
Baloba67129/
Bolaba6772/
Waleba6759/
Walobe6756/
Wolabi6744/
Wolebo6743/
Wuluba6732/
Welaba6725/
Bolobi6722/
Walobo6721/
Wulaba6713/
Wulobi678/
Wolabo676/
Walobi672/
Bolobe672/
Wolavi671/
Volobo671/
Bollobhai671/
Wolave670/

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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 Woloba
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