Mdobo Surname

5,213,395th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 14 people bear this surname

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

Mdobo Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Mdobo Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa131:4,167,516132,322
Tanzania11:52,941,613123,716

Mdobo Last Name Facts

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

The surname Mdobo is held by more people in South Africa than any other country or territory. It can also occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Mdobo click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Mdobo? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 5,213,395th most prevalent last name on earth, borne by around 1 in 520,538,994 people. It is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Mdobo live; 93 percent live in Southern Africa and 93 percent live in South Bantu Africa.

The last name Mdobo is most frequent in South Africa, where it is held by 13 people, or 1 in 4,167,516. In South Africa Mdobo is mostly found in: Eastern Cape, where 92 percent live and Western Cape, where 8 percent live. Apart from South Africa this surname exists in one country. It also occurs in Tanzania, where 7 percent live.

Mdobo Last Name Statistics demography

Mdobo earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 88.3% less than the national average, earning R 27,792 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Mdoba80169/
Mdubo80130/
Mdowo809/
Mdabo801/
Mdoowa733/
Mdhoba733/
Mdobga731/
Mdubois671/
Mdaabop671/
Mduba601,087/
Mdaba60694/
Mdawo6096/
Mdeba604/
Mdowa601/
Mdova601/
Mmdova5561/
Mdojwa5537/
Mmdaba551/
Mdebha551/
Mdauwo551/
Mdoswa551/
Hmdova551/
Mddabas505/
M'Dowah504/
Mmmdova501/

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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 Mdobo
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