Mogobu Surname

2,075,631st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 82 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
Papua New Guinea

Mogobu Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Mogobu Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa701:773,96753,253
Papua New Guinea121:679,47678,554

Mogobu Last Name Facts

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

The last name Mogobu is found in South Africa more than any other country or territory. It may occur as:. Click here for other possible spellings of Mogobu.

How Common Is The Last Name Mogobu? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 2,075,631st most numerous surname on earth. It is borne by around 1 in 88,872,511 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 85 percent of Mogobu live; 85 percent live in Southern Africa and 85 percent live in South Bantu Africa.

The last name is most frequently occurring in South Africa, where it is held by 70 people, or 1 in 773,967. In South Africa Mogobu is mostly found in: Limpopo, where 57 percent reside, Gauteng, where 36 percent reside and KwaZulu-Natal, where 3 percent reside. Beside South Africa this surname occurs in one country. It is also common in Papua New Guinea, where 15 percent reside.

Mogobu Last Name Statistics demography

Mogobu earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 70.58% less than the national average, earning R 69,924 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Mokgobu921,890/
Mongobu9221/
Mogoebu921/
Magobu835/
Mogubu831/
Mogovu831/
Mougoubou8023/
Mongubu7748/
Mongabu7721/
Mangobu7710/
Mokgabu778/
Magobus778/
Mokgubu777/
Mogoboe775/
Mungobu771/
Makgobu771/
Moungoubou75169/
Moigovau7126/
Mogumpou713/
Magubu67406/
Mugabu67230/
Magabu67130/
Magovu67115/
Moungabou67111/
Magebu679/
Megabu677/
Mogawu673/
Mugubu672/
Mugovu672/
Mangoubou671/

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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 Mogobu
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