Masobe Surname
Approximately 1,781 people bear this surname
Masobe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| DR Congo | 841 | 1:87,847 | 10,022 |
| South Africa | 626 | 1:86,546 | 10,647 |
| Botswana | 171 | 1:12,789 | 2,446 |
| Tanzania | 74 | 1:715,427 | 40,832 |
| Lesotho | 34 | 1:59,781 | 8,665 |
| Spain | 14 | 1:3,339,431 | 67,428 |
| France | 12 | 1:5,535,227 | 269,324 |
| Cameroon | 3 | 1:6,923,023 | 143,724 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Zambia | 1 | 1:15,849,922 | 53,989 |
The alternate forms: Masobé (1) are calculated separately.
Masobe (321) may also be a first name.
Masobe Demographics
Average Masobe Salary in
South Africa
R 262,524
Per year
Average Salary in
South Africa
R 237,638
Per year
Masobe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Masobe Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Masobe occurs more in The DR Congo more than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered as: Masobé. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Masobe? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 227,707th most commonly held surname on a global scale. It is borne by approximately 1 in 4,091,828 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 98 percent of Masobe reside; 47 percent reside in Central Africa and 47 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa. Masobe is also the 489,856th most frequent given name in the world. It is borne by 321 people.
Masobe is most prevalent in The DR Congo, where it is carried by 841 people, or 1 in 87,847. Apart from The DR Congo Masobe occurs in 13 countries. It also occurs in South Africa, where 35 percent reside and Botswana, where 10 percent reside.
Masobe Last Name Statistics demography
Masobe earn somewhat more than the average income. In South Africa they earn 10.47% more than the national average, earning R 262,524 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 Masobe
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