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 surname Moba (Hindi: मोबा, Marathi: मोबा, Oriya: େମାବା) is most common in The DR Congo. It can occur as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Moba? popularity and diffusion
The last name Moba is the 165,022nd most commonly held last name on earth, borne by around 1 in 2,775,151 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 88 percent of Moba reside; 45 percent reside in Central Africa and 45 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 168,829th most frequent first name in the world It is held by 2,004 people.
It is most commonly occurring in The DR Congo, where it is held by 1,122 people, or 1 in 65,846. Not including The DR Congo Moba exists in 52 countries. It also occurs in Zambia, where 25 percent are found and The Ivory Coast, where 6 percent are found.
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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