Morobane Surname

219,249th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,866 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
Lesotho

Morobane Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Morobane Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa1,5421:35,1354,500
Lesotho1801:11,2922,539
Botswana1381:15,8473,103
England31:18,572,686338,250
Niger11:19,192,017110,060
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
Wales11:3,094,53244,023

Morobane (102) may also be a first name.

Morobane Last Name Facts

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

Morobane occurs more in South Africa more than any other country/territory. It can also be found as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Morobane? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 219,249th most commonly occurring last name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by approximately 1 in 3,905,437 people. The last name Morobane occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Morobane reside; 100 percent reside in Southern Africa and 100 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 935,178th most frequently held given name worldwide, held by 102 people.

The surname Morobane is most common in South Africa, where it is carried by 1,542 people, or 1 in 35,135. In South Africa Morobane is mostly concentrated in: Gauteng, where 47 percent are found, North West, where 33 percent are found and Free State, where 12 percent are found. Without taking into account South Africa it is found in 6 countries. It is also common in Lesotho, where 10 percent are found and Botswana, where 7 percent are found.

Morobane Last Name Statistics demography

Morobane earn somewhat less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 6.47% less than the national average, earning R 222,264 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
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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 Morobane
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