Möbs Surname

878,878th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 307 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Germany

Möbs Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Möbs Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany2911:276,65129,145
Austria161:532,21549,801

The alternate forms: Mobs (94) are calculated separately.

Möbs Last Name Facts

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

The surname Möbs has its highest incidence in Germany. It can also be found in the variant forms: Mobs. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Möbs? popularity and diffusion

Möbs is the 878,878th most frequently used surname on earth It is held by around 1 in 23,737,935 people. The last name Möbs is predominantly found in Europe, where 100 percent of Möbs are found; 100 percent are found in Western Europe and 100 percent are found in Germanic Europe.

Möbs is most frequently held in Germany, where it is borne by 291 people, or 1 in 276,651. In Germany Möbs is most prevalent in: Hesse, where 44 percent are found, North Rhine-Westphalia, where 24 percent are found and Lower Saxony, where 14 percent are found. Aside from Germany this last name is found in one country. It is also found in Austria, where 5 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Mobs9294/
Mebs75383/
Möws75327/
Mabs7599/
Möps751/
Möbsová739/
Moebs67694/
Mohbs6714/
Möpps673/
Maabs671/
Meebs671/
Mobsh671/
Mabsh670/

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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 Möbs
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