Masobela Surname

1,198,640th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 197 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
South Africa

Masobela Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Masobela Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa1961:276,41727,312
Lesotho11:2,032,55823,402

Masobela Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Masobela Come From? nationality or country of origin

Masobela occurs in South Africa more than any other country/territory. It can also occur in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Masobela? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 1,198,640th most common family name throughout the world, borne by approximately 1 in 36,992,619 people. This last name is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Masobela live; 100 percent live in Southern Africa and 100 percent live in South Bantu Africa.

The last name is most frequently used in South Africa, where it is borne by 196 people, or 1 in 276,417. In South Africa it is most frequent in: Gauteng, where 51 percent reside, North West, where 40 percent reside and KwaZulu-Natal, where 8 percent reside. Other than South Africa this last name exists in one country. It is also found in Lesotho, where 1 percent reside.

Masobela Last Name Statistics demography

Masobela earn a lot less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 43.47% less than the national average, earning R 134,328 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 Masobela
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