Moba Surname
Approximately 2,626 people bear this surname
Moba Surname Definition:
Moba is a surname of the Chewa tribe, meaning: traditional brew.
Moba Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| DR Congo | 1,122 | 1:65,846 | 7,761 |
| Zambia | 653 | 1:24,272 | 2,597 |
| Ivory Coast | 153 | 1:150,792 | 7,039 |
| India | 135 | 1:5,681,966 | 136,010 |
| Egypt | 122 | 1:753,572 | 38,342 |
| Nigeria | 77 | 1:2,300,555 | 77,632 |
| Philippines | 75 | 1:1,349,843 | 99,755 |
| Cameroon | 70 | 1:296,701 | 27,784 |
| Papua New Guinea | 33 | 1:247,082 | 33,879 |
| South Africa | 32 | 1:1,693,053 | 82,821 |
| Indonesia | 22 | 1:6,011,327 | 267,290 |
| Botswana | 22 | 1:99,406 | 15,343 |
| Tanzania | 19 | 1:2,786,401 | 49,097 |
| Congo | 16 | 1:311,818 | 9,139 |
| Sweden | 6 | 1:1,641,126 | 116,183 |
| Benin | 5 | 1:2,067,120 | 68,069 |
| Cambodia | 5 | 1:3,097,429 | 8,690 |
| United States | 5 | 1:72,491,787 | 1,102,614 |
| Brazil | 4 | 1:53,518,583 | 632,670 |
| Morocco | 4 | 1:8,619,025 | 73,251 |
| Ethiopia | 4 | 1:24,386,566 | 19,165 |
| England | 3 | 1:18,572,686 | 338,250 |
| Uganda | 3 | 1:13,013,093 | 160,157 |
| Pakistan | 2 | 1:89,321,942 | 157,560 |
| Niger | 2 | 1:9,596,008 | 86,358 |
| Netherlands | 2 | 1:8,443,588 | 136,641 |
| Belgium | 2 | 1:5,748,322 | 130,559 |
| Burkina Faso | 2 | 1:9,176,050 | 23,741 |
| France | 2 | 1:33,211,361 | 423,184 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| Afghanistan | 1 | 1:32,153,183 | 60,828 |
| Yemen | 1 | 1:26,425,294 | 55,147 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Chad | 1 | 1:13,592,199 | 13,092 |
| Taiwan | 1 | 1:23,444,746 | 93,622 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Chile | 1 | 1:17,616,474 | 93,597 |
| Sudan | 1 | 1:37,510,195 | 14,259 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Somalia | 1 | 1:13,452,061 | 9,224 |
| Slovenia | 1 | 1:2,487,675 | 31,128 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Colombia | 1 | 1:47,774,072 | 44,230 |
| Costa Rica | 1 | 1:4,780,069 | 13,345 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Mongolia | 1 | 1:2,825,289 | 17,010 |
| Moldova | 1 | 1:3,561,368 | 78,271 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1:124,126,205 | 103,776 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Iran | 1 | 1:76,782,524 | 277,718 |
Moba (2,004) may also be a first name.
Moba Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
Moba is a surname of the Chewa tribe, meaning: traditional brew.
Moba Demographics
Average Moba Salary in
South Africa
R 81,804
Per year
Average Salary in
South Africa
R 237,638
Per year
Moba Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Moba Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Moba (Hindi: मोबा, Marathi: मोबा, Oriya: େମାବା) has its highest incidence in The DR Congo. It can appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Moba? popularity and diffusion
It is the 165,022nd most prevalent surname internationally. It is borne by around 1 in 2,775,151 people. The surname is mostly found in Africa, where 88 percent of Moba live; 45 percent live in Central Africa and 45 percent live in Central Bantu Africa. Moba is also the 168,829th most common first name in the world It is held by 2,004 people.
It is most commonly held in The DR Congo, where it is held by 1,122 people, or 1 in 65,846. Aside from The DR Congo it is found in 52 countries. It also occurs in Zambia, where 25 percent reside and The Ivory Coast, where 6 percent reside.
Moba Last Name Statistics demography
Moba earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 65.58% less than the national average, earning R 81,804 per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Moba Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Moba in the Oriya language | ||
| େମାବା | emaba | - |
| Moba in the Marathi language | ||
| मोबा | moba | - |
| Moba in the Hindi language | ||
| मोबा | moba | 97.37 |
| मोब | moba | 2.63 |
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