Öbek Surname
Approximately 649 people bear this surname
Öbek Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turkey | 644 | 1:120,841 | 10,072 |
| Germany | 3 | 1:26,835,153 | 452,368 |
| Denmark | 1 | 1:5,644,715 | 93,155 |
| Northern Cyprus | 1 | 1:319,011 | 10,202 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1 | 1:50,218,684 | 817,899 |
The alternate forms: Obek (147) are calculated separately.
Öbek Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Öbek Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Öbek (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺃﻭﺑﻚ) has its highest incidence in Turkey. It can be found as a variant: Obek. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Öbek? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 505,580th most widespread family name on a global scale, held by approximately 1 in 11,228,884 people. The surname occurs mostly in Asia, where 95 percent of Öbek reside; 95 percent reside in West Asia and 95 percent reside in Anatolia and Highlands.
The last name is most widely held in Turkey, where it is borne by 644 people, or 1 in 120,841. In Turkey Öbek is primarily found in: Sanliurfa Province, where 48 percent reside, Elazig Province, where 7 percent reside and Kutahya Province, where 5 percent reside. Besides Turkey Öbek occurs in 3 countries. It is also common in Germany, where 0 percent reside and Denmark, where 0 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Obek | 92 | 147 | / |
| Höbek | 89 | 601 | / |
| Ebek | 75 | 1,257 | / |
| Abek | 75 | 330 | / |
| Övek | 75 | 101 | / |
| Habek | 67 | 925 | / |
| Abeck | 67 | 507 | / |
| Obeck | 67 | 224 | / |
| Ebeck | 67 | 132 | / |
| Hobek | 67 | 81 | / |
| Hebek | 67 | 72 | / |
| Abekh | 67 | 30 | / |
| Abeik | 67 | 16 | / |
| Abeïk | 67 | 12 | / |
| Obeak | 67 | 4 | / |
| Uibek | 67 | 1 | / |
| Obekh | 67 | 1 | / |
| Abeek | 67 | 1 | / |
| Oebek | 67 | 1 | / |
| Abeak | 67 | 1 | / |
| Obeik | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ebiek | 67 | 1 | / |
| Abekk | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ebeak | 67 | 1 | / |
| Abiek | 67 | 1 | / |
| Abeyk | 67 | 1 | / |
| Abeuk | 67 | 1 | / |
| Eubek | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ebhek | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ebeuk | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ebekh | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ebeik | 67 | 1 | / |
Öbek Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Öbek in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺃﻭﺑﻚ | awbk | 71.43 |
| ﺍﻭﺑﻚ | awbk | 28.57 |
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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 Öbek
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