Mkoba Surname

107,430th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 4,344 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Tanzania
Highest density in:
Tanzania

Mkoba Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Mkoba Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Tanzania3,9661:13,3491,726
Kenya3131:147,54011,776
Zimbabwe221:701,73850,656
South Africa181:3,009,872112,058
England81:6,964,757184,742
Australia61:4,499,284146,780
Nigeria31:59,047,586507,603
United States31:120,819,6441,331,040
Norway21:2,571,14395,402
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Sudan11:37,510,19514,259

Mkoba (31) may also be a first name.

Mkoba Last Name Facts

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

The surname Mkoba is carried by more people in Tanzania than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Mkoba? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 107,430th most widely held last name throughout the world It is held by around 1 in 1,677,612 people. The last name Mkoba occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Mkoba reside; 99 percent reside in East Africa and 98 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. Mkoba is also the 1,874,099th most frequent first name at a global level, borne by 31 people.

The surname Mkoba is most frequently occurring in Tanzania, where it is carried by 3,966 people, or 1 in 13,349. In Tanzania it is mostly found in: Morogoro Region, where 40 percent are found, Dar es Salaam Region, where 23 percent are found and Mtwara Region, where 7 percent are found. Excluding Tanzania this last name occurs in 11 countries. It is also common in Kenya, where 7 percent are found and Zimbabwe, where 1 percent are found.

Mkoba Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those carrying the Mkoba last name is principally Christian (63%) in Kenya.

Mkoba earn a lot less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 37.72% less than the national average, earning R 147,996 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Mkhoba9137/
Mkobaa916/
Mkobah911/
Mkuba80437/
Mkaba80317/
Mkobo80313/
Mkobe80250/
Mkobi8059/
Mkeba8010/
Mqoba802/
Mkhaba73430/
Mkhuba73118/
McKaba7363/
Mkhobo7331/
Mkobho736/
Mhkobe734/
McKoby732/
Mkhobe732/
Mkobou731/
Mkhobi731/
Mkheba731/
Mkabai731/
Mgcoba731/
Mgqoba731/
Mkubha731/
Mkobhi731/
Mkouboi67663/
Mkhubad6717/
Mkabaya671/
Mkhubha671/
Mkhabah671/
Mkubaya671/
M'Khaba671/

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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 Mkoba
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