Kolobe Surname
Approximately 6,587 people bear this surname
Kolobe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Africa | 4,346 | 1:12,466 | 1,548 |
| Lesotho | 1,084 | 1:1,875 | 210 |
| Botswana | 634 | 1:3,449 | 469 |
| Uganda | 157 | 1:248,658 | 18,515 |
| Tanzania | 138 | 1:383,635 | 27,683 |
| Malawi | 105 | 1:163,039 | 16,499 |
| Zimbabwe | 50 | 1:308,765 | 30,783 |
| Nigeria | 31 | 1:5,714,283 | 142,531 |
| DR Congo | 21 | 1:3,518,075 | 145,665 |
| England | 8 | 1:6,964,757 | 184,742 |
| United States | 5 | 1:72,491,787 | 1,102,614 |
| Iceland | 2 | 1:190,045 | 6,825 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
| Kuwait | 1 | 1:3,800,694 | 27,187 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Wales | 1 | 1:3,094,532 | 44,023 |
Kolobe (3,171) may also be a first name.
Kolobe Demographics
Average Kolobe Salary in
South Africa
R 156,648
Per year
Average Salary in
South Africa
R 237,638
Per year
Kolobe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kolobe Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Kolobe occurs more in South Africa more than any other country/territory. It may appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kolobe? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 74,623rd most commonly held surname globally, borne by approximately 1 in 1,106,353 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Kolobe reside; 94 percent reside in Southern Africa and 94 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 127,649th most frequently held first name in the world, borne by 3,171 people.
The last name Kolobe is most prevalent in South Africa, where it is carried by 4,346 people, or 1 in 12,466. In South Africa Kolobe is mostly found in: Gauteng, where 27 percent are found, Free State, where 21 percent are found and North West, where 20 percent are found. Excluding South Africa Kolobe is found in 17 countries. It also occurs in Lesotho, where 16 percent are found and Botswana, where 10 percent are found.
Kolobe Last Name Statistics demography
Kolobe earn significantly less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 34.08% less than the national average, earning R 156,648 per year.
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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 Kolobe
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