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 last name Morobe has its highest incidence in South Africa. It may also occur in the variant forms: Morobé. Click here for further potential spellings of Morobe.
How Common Is The Last Name Morobe? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 137,142nd most widely held family name on earth. It is borne by approximately 1 in 2,229,289 people. Morobe occurs mostly in Africa, where 94 percent of Morobe live; 94 percent live in Southern Africa and 94 percent live in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 466,636th most numerous first name world-wide, held by 349 people.
The last name Morobe is most commonly held in South Africa, where it is borne by 2,268 people, or 1 in 23,888. In South Africa it is most frequent in: Gauteng, where 41 percent are found, Free State, where 27 percent are found and North West, where 25 percent are found. Other than South Africa this surname is found in 14 countries. It is also common in Lesotho, where 12 percent are found and Botswana, where 12 percent are found.
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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