Yobes Surname

4,772,636th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 17 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Papua New Guinea
Highest density in:
Papua New Guinea

Yobes Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Yobes Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Papua New Guinea121:679,47678,554
Kenya41:11,544,97562,419
DR Congo11:73,879,570260,543

Yobes (98) may also be a first name.

Yobes Last Name Facts

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

The surname Yobes occurs in Papua New Guinea more than any other country/territory. It can be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Yobes? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 4,772,636th most frequent surname on a worldwide basis. It is borne by around 1 in 428,679,172 people. The surname Yobes occurs predominantly in Oceania, where 71 percent of Yobes are found; 71 percent are found in Oceania Islands and 71 percent are found in Papuan Oceania. Yobes is also the 956,749th most frequently used given name world-wide It is held by 98 people.

The surname Yobes is most numerous in Papua New Guinea, where it is carried by 12 people, or 1 in 679,476. In Papua New Guinea it is mostly found in: Enga, where 83 percent reside and Jiwaka, where 17 percent reside. Aside from Papua New Guinea it exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in Kenya, where 24 percent reside and The DR Congo, where 6 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Yobesh9145/
Yobges911/
Yobe894,716/
Ybes8936/
Yobesse831/
Eyobe806,297/
Yabes803,882/
Jobes802,632/
Yobee801,492/
Oyobe80137/
Ayobe8033/
Yobea8031/
Aybes8024/
Yobhe8022/
Ybeas8015/
Yober8014/
Yoobe8014/
Yobei809/
Youes808/
Yobie806/
Yowes806/
Yobeh806/
Yobey806/
Yobis806/
Hybes805/
Yoves803/
Oibes803/
Uybes803/
Jyobe802/
Ysbes802/
Yoabe801/
Iobes801/
Yobje801/
Yobec801/
Yobed801/
Hyobe801/
Uyobe801/
Yabesh73186/
Hybets7375/
Yabese7348/
Yobech7317/
Ayobee7316/
Yahbes7315/
Yioves7315/
Aiyobe7313/
Jobest7310/
Jobeus7310/
Yovets7310/
Jobies737/
Youess734/
Jyobee734/
Yabets733/
Ayobie733/
Haybes732/
Ayobei732/
Joubes732/
Jobess731/
Jobesh731/
Heyobe731/
Jobees731/
Giobes731/
Yoobis731/
Yobedj731/
Eyobie731/
Jybese731/
Oiyobe731/
Yağbes731/
Youhes731/
Youesh731/
Huybes731/
Oyiobe731/
Yoabea731/
Yovesh731/
Yabess731/
Yabies731/
Heobes730/
Jobese730/
Jobe6754,638/
Yves6744,516/
Yabe6735,712/
Yoba678,601/
Yobi672,596/
Ebes67357/
Ibes67348/
Yove6778/
Yoby6756/
Iobe6755/
Youhess6726/
Yachbes6724/
Ayyobie672/
Joubest671/
Jbes671/
Eobe671/
Ybis671/
Yobj671/
Youetse671/
Yobé671/
Yabeshe671/
Ybez671/
Yahbess671/

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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 Yobes
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