Moeketse Surname

356,707th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,018 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Lesotho
Highest density in:
Lesotho

Moeketse Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Moeketse Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Lesotho6281:3,237556
South Africa3891:139,27416,054
Iceland11:380,09011,096

Moeketse (231) may also be a first name.

Moeketse Last Name Facts

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

Moeketse is more commonly found in Lesotho than any other country or territory. It can occur as:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Moeketse? popularity and diffusion

The last name Moeketse is the 356,707th most frequently occurring family name at a global level, borne by approximately 1 in 7,158,690 people. The surname Moeketse is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Moeketse live; 100 percent live in Southern Africa and 100 percent live in South Bantu Africa. Moeketse is also the 590,311th most frequently held forename worldwide. It is borne by 231 people.

The surname Moeketse is most prevalent in Lesotho, where it is borne by 628 people, or 1 in 3,237. In Lesotho it is most frequent in: Maseru District, where 44 percent are found, Mafeteng District, where 21 percent are found and Mohale's Hoek District, where 15 percent are found. Barring Lesotho Moeketse occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in South Africa, where 38 percent are found and Iceland, where 0 percent are found.

Moeketse Last Name Statistics demography

Moeketse earn significantly less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 25.31% less than the national average, earning R 177,480 per year.

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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 Moeketse
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