In all the world, Hoba (Hoba 
, هوبا 
, Хоба 
) is a common epicene first name. The first name Hoba is habitual in Northern Africa, particularly Egypt, where it is quite a common unisex name, Libya, where it is quite a rare epicene name, and Sudan, where it is quite a rare mostly female, but seldom male name. Not in comparison with a country's population, this name is the most popular in Egypt, Sudan, and Saudi Arabia. Likewise, Hoba is the last name as well as the forename.