Nkolobe Surname

1,943,350th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 92 people bear this surname

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

Nkolobe Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Nkolobe Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa911:595,35945,471
England11:55,718,059489,080

Nkolobe Last Name Facts

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

Nkolobe is found most in South Africa. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of Nkolobe.

How Common Is The Last Name Nkolobe? popularity and diffusion

It is the 1,943,350th most commonly occurring last name in the world It is held by around 1 in 79,212,456 people. The last name is primarily found in Africa, where 99 percent of Nkolobe reside; 99 percent reside in Southern Africa and 99 percent reside in South Bantu Africa.

It is most frequent in South Africa, where it is borne by 91 people, or 1 in 595,359. In South Africa Nkolobe is most frequent in: North West, where 85 percent reside and Gauteng, where 15 percent reside. Excluding South Africa this surname is found in one country. It is also common in England, where 1 percent reside.

Nkolobe Last Name Statistics demography

Nkolobe earn significantly less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 33.84% less than the national average, earning R 157,224 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
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Nkgolobe931/
Nkotliobe882/
Nqolobe86165/
Nkoloba862/
Nkulobe862/
Nqolobhe803/
Ngqolobe801/
Nkouloubi751/
Nkoulabet751/
Nkelebe71454/
Nkulube7125/
Nkolaba711/
Nkalebe711/
Nkelebee671/
Ngcoloba671/
Nkalaba57173/
Nkuluba57107/
Nkelebi5710/
Nkalabi575/
Nkulabi575/
Nculube573/
Nkulaba572/
Nkaluba572/
Nkalubi571/
Nkulubi571/
Nkhalabi531/

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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 Nkolobe
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