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 surname Masobe occurs most in The DR Congo. It may occur in the variant forms: Masobé. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Masobe? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 227,707th most commonly used family name globally, held by around 1 in 4,091,828 people. The surname is primarily found in Africa, where 98 percent of Masobe live; 47 percent live in Central Africa and 47 percent live in Central Bantu Africa. Masobe is also the 489,856th most widely held given name globally, held by 321 people.
This last name is most widely held in The DR Congo, where it is borne by 841 people, or 1 in 87,847. Excluding The DR Congo this last name occurs in 13 countries. It is also found 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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