Mawobe Surname

3,543,123rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 31 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Uganda

Mawobe Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Mawobe Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria161:11,071,422210,388
Uganda101:3,903,92893,934
South Africa21:27,088,852277,613
Cameroon11:20,769,068227,406
England11:55,718,059489,080
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Mawobe Last Name Facts

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

The last name Mawobe is most common in Nigeria. It may also be found in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of Mawobe.

How Common Is The Last Name Mawobe? popularity and diffusion

Mawobe is the 3,543,123rd most frequently occurring family name at a global level, held by around 1 in 235,082,126 people. The surname Mawobe occurs mostly in Africa, where 94 percent of Mawobe live; 52 percent live in West Africa and 52 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa.

It is most widely held in Nigeria, where it is carried by 16 people, or 1 in 11,071,422. In Nigeria it is most prevalent in: Lagos, where 50 percent live, Kwara, where 38 percent live and Edo, where 6 percent live. Besides Nigeria this surname exists in 5 countries. It is also found in Uganda, where 32 percent live and South Africa, where 6 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Maswobe922/
Maiwobe921/
Mawhoube86170/
Maiwoibe861/
Mabobe83235/
Mawube8372/
Mawebe8341/
Mawoba831/
Mowobe831/
Mhabobe7713,564/
Maiwabe771,243/
Majwabe77183/
Mawouba7763/
Mabhobe7721/
Mmabobe774/
Maywabe773/
Mawabeu771/
Mawebie771/
Maboube771/
Majwebe771/
Mahboube7121/
Maiwaabe718/
Maboobee712/
Mawhouba711/
Maswabeh711/
Mhabobea711/
Maiwouba711/
Maiboube711/
Mhhabobe711/
Mawaba671,276/
Mahboubeh67131/
Mowobi67101/
Mababe6740/
Mawuba6733/
Mowabe6719/
Mabube6712/
Mowube6710/
Mawabi679/
Mabuve676/
Mabobi675/
Mobabe675/
Mabove672/
Mowoba672/
Mewebe672/
Mewabe672/
Movabe671/
Mabave671/
Mahboobey671/
Mowebe671/
Mobobe671/
Mawebi671/

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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
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  • 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 Mawobe
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