Mokobane Surname

99,885th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 4,734 people bear this surname

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

Mokobane Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Mokobane Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa4,6051:11,7651,472
Lesotho1181:17,2253,688
Botswana41:546,73222,624
England31:18,572,686338,250
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Norway11:5,142,286129,201

Mokobane (194) may also be a first name.

Mokobane Last Name Facts

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

The surname Mokobane is held by more people in South Africa than any other country or territory. It can also occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Mokobane? popularity and diffusion

The last name Mokobane is the 99,885th most widely held family name globally It is held by around 1 in 1,539,406 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Mokobane are found; 100 percent are found in Southern Africa and 100 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 651,944th most numerous first name globally, borne by 194 people.

The surname Mokobane is most commonly used in South Africa, where it is carried by 4,605 people, or 1 in 11,765. In South Africa Mokobane is most prevalent in: Gauteng, where 39 percent are found, Limpopo, where 39 percent are found and North West, where 12 percent are found. Without taking into account South Africa this last name is found in 6 countries. It is also found in Lesotho, where 2 percent are found and Botswana, where 0 percent are found.

Mokobane Last Name Statistics demography

Mokobane earn significantly less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 26.48% less than the national average, earning R 174,720 per year.

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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
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • 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 Mokobane
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