Mgobeni Surname

1,955,159th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 91 people bear this surname

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

Mgobeni Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Mgobeni Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa891:608,73846,089
Tanzania11:52,941,613123,716
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Mgobeni Last Name Facts

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

Mgobeni is found in South Africa more than any other country/territory. It can occur as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Mgobeni? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 1,955,159th most commonly held last name throughout the world, borne by around 1 in 80,082,922 people. Mgobeni occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Mgobeni live; 98 percent live in Southern Africa and 98 percent live in South Bantu Africa.

The surname Mgobeni is most common in South Africa, where it is borne by 89 people, or 1 in 608,738. In South Africa it is primarily concentrated in: Mpumalanga, where 43 percent are found, Limpopo, where 34 percent are found and Gauteng, where 21 percent are found. Besides South Africa it exists in 2 countries. It is also found in Tanzania, where 1 percent are found and The United States, where 1 percent are found.

Mgobeni Last Name Statistics demography

Mgobeni earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 56.66% less than the national average, earning R 102,996 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Mgobene864/
Mgobena861/
Mgoveni861/
Mgabeni861/
Mgabini7158/
Mgaveni711/
McGoveny671/
McGoveney636/
McGovenay630/
McGaveny530/

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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 Mgobeni
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