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 last name Möbs occurs in Germany more than any other country/territory. It may occur in the variant forms: Mobs. Click here for further potential spellings of Möbs.

How Common Is The Last Name Möbs? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 878,878th most frequently held last name globally It is held by approximately 1 in 23,737,935 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Europe, where 100 percent of Möbs reside; 100 percent reside in Western Europe and 100 percent reside in Germanic Europe.

It is most frequent in Germany, where it is borne by 291 people, or 1 in 276,651. In Germany Möbs is primarily concentrated in: Hesse, where 44 percent reside, North Rhine-Westphalia, where 24 percent reside and Lower Saxony, where 14 percent reside. Barring Germany Möbs is found in one country. It is also common in Austria, where 5 percent reside.

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
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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 Möbs
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