Masobo Surname
Approximately 161 people bear this surname
Masobo Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 88 | 1:524,772 | 26,127 |
| Uganda | 25 | 1:1,561,571 | 56,175 |
| DR Congo | 21 | 1:3,518,075 | 145,665 |
| South Africa | 13 | 1:4,167,516 | 132,322 |
| Papua New Guinea | 7 | 1:1,164,817 | 109,517 |
| Tanzania | 4 | 1:13,235,403 | 84,310 |
| Cameroon | 2 | 1:10,384,534 | 165,830 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
Masobo (13) may also be a first name.
Masobo Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Masobo Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Masobo is most common in Kenya. It may be found as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Masobo? popularity and diffusion
The surname Masobo is the 1,369,340th most commonly used family name world-wide It is held by around 1 in 45,264,260 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 96 percent of Masobo live; 73 percent live in East Africa and 70 percent live in East Bantu Africa. Masobo is also the 3,159,357th most frequently occurring given name worldwide, held by 13 people.
The surname is most frequent in Kenya, where it is held by 88 people, or 1 in 524,772. In Kenya Masobo is most prevalent in: Trans Nzoia County, where 97 percent live, Nakuru County, where 1 percent live and Nyandarua County, where 1 percent live. Apart from Kenya it occurs in 7 countries. It is also found in Uganda, where 16 percent live and The DR Congo, where 13 percent live.
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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 Masobo
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