Nqobo Surname

917,199th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 289 people bear this surname

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

Nqobo Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Nqobo Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa2741:197,72921,276
Zimbabwe101:1,543,82478,460
Lesotho51:406,51217,363

Nqobo (21) may also be a first name.

Nqobo Last Name Facts

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

Nqobo occurs most in South Africa. It can also be found as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Nqobo? popularity and diffusion

The surname Nqobo is the 917,199th most prevalent last name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by around 1 in 25,216,422 people. This last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Nqobo live; 100 percent live in Southern Africa and 100 percent live in South Bantu Africa. Nqobo is also the 2,368,944th most commonly used first name on earth, borne by 21 people.

The last name is most frequent in South Africa, where it is held by 274 people, or 1 in 197,729. In South Africa Nqobo is primarily concentrated in: Eastern Cape, where 68 percent live, Western Cape, where 12 percent live and KwaZulu-Natal, where 7 percent live. Not including South Africa it exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in Zimbabwe, where 3 percent live and Lesotho, where 2 percent live.

Nqobo Last Name Statistics demography

Nqobo earn a lot less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 38.28% less than the national average, earning R 146,664 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
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Nqhobo9123/
Ncqobo915/
Nqobho911/
Nqoboi911/
Ngqcobo831/
Nkobo803,245/
Ncobo80808/
Nqoba8081/
Nqabo8010/
Nqebo802/
Ngcobo73165,250/
Nkhobo73690/
Ngqoba73436/
N'Kobo73356/
Nkgobo7341/
Ncgobo7325/
Nkobou7313/
Ncoboi739/
Nkoboh736/
Ngkobo734/
Ngqabo734/
Nkoboi734/
Nkoubo732/
Nckobo732/
Nnkobo731/
Nccobo731/
Ngqebo731/
Nhcobo731/
Nkoboy731/
Nkoubou6717/
Nkoiboo675/
Ngcoboi673/
Ncgcobo671/
Ngcoobo671/
Ngcobop671/
Ngcobos671/
Ngccobo671/
N'Kobou671/

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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 Nqobo
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