Morobe Surname
Approximately 3,269 people bear this surname
Morobe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Africa | 2,268 | 1:23,888 | 3,036 |
| Lesotho | 408 | 1:4,982 | 1,008 |
| Botswana | 381 | 1:5,740 | 924 |
| Papua New Guinea | 156 | 1:52,267 | 6,566 |
| Uganda | 19 | 1:2,054,699 | 65,771 |
| Belgium | 11 | 1:1,045,149 | 78,166 |
| Israel | 10 | 1:855,763 | 54,181 |
| Kenya | 4 | 1:11,544,975 | 62,419 |
| United States | 4 | 1:90,614,733 | 1,198,479 |
| England | 2 | 1:27,859,030 | 389,889 |
| France | 2 | 1:33,211,361 | 423,184 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Wales | 1 | 1:3,094,532 | 44,023 |
The alternate forms: Morobé (9) are calculated separately.
Morobe (349) may also be a first name.
Morobe Demographics
Average Morobe Salary in
United States
$30,938 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Morobe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Morobe Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Morobe is held by more people in South Africa than any other country/territory. It can also be found as: Morobé. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Morobe? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 137,142nd most commonly occurring family name at a global level, borne by approximately 1 in 2,229,289 people. This last name is mostly found in Africa, where 94 percent of Morobe live; 94 percent live in Southern Africa and 94 percent live in South Bantu Africa. Morobe is also the 466,636th most frequent first name globally It is held by 349 people.
The last name Morobe is most widely held in South Africa, where it is borne by 2,268 people, or 1 in 23,888. In South Africa it is most numerous in: Gauteng, where 41 percent live, Free State, where 27 percent live and North West, where 25 percent live. Other than South Africa this last name occurs in 14 countries. It also occurs in Lesotho, where 12 percent live and Botswana, where 12 percent live.
Morobe Last Name Statistics demography
The amount Morobe earn in different countries varies marginally. In South Africa they earn 26.14% less than the national average, earning R 175,512 per year and in United States they earn 28.3% less than the national average, earning $30,938 USD 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 Morobe
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