Maoetsa Surname

4,116,508th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 23 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Lesotho
Highest density in:
Lesotho

Maoetsa Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Maoetsa Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Lesotho221:92,38910,629
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732

Maoetsa Last Name Facts

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

The last name Maoetsa occurs more in Lesotho more than any other country/territory. It may be rendered as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Maoetsa? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 4,116,508th most numerous surname on a worldwide basis, held by around 1 in 316,849,822 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Maoetsa reside; 100 percent reside in Southern Africa and 100 percent reside in South Bantu Africa.

This last name is most prevalent in Lesotho, where it is carried by 22 people, or 1 in 92,389. In Lesotho it is most prevalent in: Leribe District, where 95 percent reside and Butha-Buthe District, where 5 percent reside. Besides Lesotho it exists in one country. It is also common in South Africa, where 4 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Maotsa9248/
Matouetsa881/
Mahotsa8615/
Majotsa861/
Majeutsa802/
Moatsa7712/
Maozea771/
Mahotsioa751/
Meyotsa719/
Moatsha712/
Mohutsa711/
Maautsa711/
Maoza67694/
Maoutsos6741/
Mahutsoa675/
Mohotsha675/
Moyotsha672/
Mohautsa671/
Maohuisa671/
Maoca671/
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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 Maoetsa
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