Msobo Surname

1,353,468th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 164 people bear this surname

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

Msobo Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Msobo Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa1331:407,35135,714
Zimbabwe291:532,35342,865
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Msobo (61) may also be a first name.

Msobo Last Name Facts

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

The surname Msobo is more commonly found in South Africa than any other country/territory. It can be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Msobo click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Msobo? popularity and diffusion

It is the 1,353,468th most widespread surname on a worldwide basis, borne by approximately 1 in 44,436,256 people. The surname Msobo occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Msobo live; 99 percent live in Southern Africa and 99 percent live in South Bantu Africa. Msobo is also the 1,257,960th most prevalent first name on earth, held by 61 people.

It is most commonly occurring in South Africa, where it is held by 133 people, or 1 in 407,351. In South Africa it is primarily concentrated in: Eastern Cape, where 71 percent live, KwaZulu-Natal, where 12 percent live and Gauteng, where 10 percent live. Apart from South Africa this last name exists in 3 countries. It also occurs in Zimbabwe, where 18 percent live and Kenya, where 1 percent live.

Msobo Last Name Statistics demography

Msobo earn a lot less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 49% less than the national average, earning R 121,188 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Mshobo914/
Msobho911/
Mjobo801,571/
Msubo80251/
Mxobo80211/
Msoba8075/
Msebo8013/
Msabo805/
Mzobo801/
Mxhobo73208/
Msabou7316/
Msompo734/
Mshoba733/
Mshovo732/
Mzhobo731/
Mjoboi731/
Mtjobo731/
McOboy730/
M'Sabou6767/
Mshobha673/
Mzobosh672/
Mssabou671/

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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 Msobo
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