Nchobe Surname

1,628,521st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 123 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Tanzania
Highest density in:
Lesotho

Nchobe Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Nchobe Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Tanzania901:588,24037,030
Lesotho311:65,5669,080
Cameroon21:10,384,534165,830

Nchobe (31) may also be a first name.

Nchobe Last Name Facts

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

Nchobe is held by more people in Tanzania than any other country or territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Nchobe? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 1,628,521st most numerous last name in the world, borne by around 1 in 59,248,341 people. The last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Nchobe live; 73 percent live in East Africa and 73 percent live in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,874,099th most commonly used forename in the world It is held by 31 people.

The last name is most widespread in Tanzania, where it is carried by 90 people, or 1 in 588,240. In Tanzania it is primarily found in: Mara Region, where 78 percent are found, Mwanza Region, where 10 percent are found and Dar es Salaam Region, where 4 percent are found. Other than Tanzania it occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in Lesotho, where 25 percent are found and Cameroon, where 2 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Nchoube921/
Nchobeh921/
Ncobe9126/
Ntchoube861/
Nchoba83495/
Nchebe8355/
Nchube8347/
Nchabe8319/
Nkhobe8316/
Nchobi834/
Ncobea833/
Nchoby833/
Nxhobe831/
Ntchoubet801/
N'Chobi77309/
N'Choby7765/
Nchompe7731/
Ntshobe7727/
Nchoubi771/
Nchaube771/
Nchabie771/
Nchebie771/
Nchouba771/
Nchoveh771/
Njobe732,455/
Nzobe73772/
Nsobe73305/
Ncabe7334/
Nxobe7316/
Ncowe734/
Ncobi731/
N'Tchabe71949/
N'Choubi712/
Ntsobe67383/
Nchaba67114/
Nkhabe6785/
Ndjobe6772/
Ndzobe6754/
Nchuba6736/
Nshabe6730/
Nzoube6726/
Nchubi6721/
Nchawe6716/
Ncoboi679/
Njobet676/
Nsobee674/
Nzobea674/
Nchabi673/
Njoube673/
Nzobet672/
Nzobhe671/
Nchowi671/
Nsobea671/
Nsobey671/
Nsoobe671/
Nsoube671/
Nchebi671/
Nchoutvet671/
Nchuve671/
N'Sobe671/
N'Zobe671/
Njuobe671/
Nzhobi671/
Nsoibe671/
Njobei671/
Nhzobi671/

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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 Nchobe
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