Moeletsi Surname

100,704th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 4,689 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
Lesotho

Moeletsi Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Moeletsi Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa3,0141:17,9752,260
Lesotho1,3411:1,516143
Botswana3031:7,2181,253
England181:3,095,448105,421
United States71:51,779,848968,877
France21:33,211,361423,184
Poland21:19,004,374199,659
Iceland11:380,09011,096
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002

Moeletsi (2,231) may also be a first name.

Moeletsi Last Name Facts

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

The last name Moeletsi is held by more people in South Africa than any other country or territory. It can appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Moeletsi click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Moeletsi? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 100,704th most widely held family name world-wide, borne by approximately 1 in 1,554,179 people. The surname Moeletsi occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Moeletsi are found; 99 percent are found in Southern Africa and 99 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 158,233rd most frequent given name at a global level It is held by 2,231 people.

The surname is most numerous in South Africa, where it is held by 3,014 people, or 1 in 17,975. In South Africa it is mostly concentrated in: Gauteng, where 55 percent are found, North West, where 19 percent are found and Free State, where 10 percent are found. Beside South Africa it exists in 8 countries. It is also found in Lesotho, where 29 percent are found and Botswana, where 6 percent are found.

Moeletsi Last Name Statistics demography

The amount Moeletsi earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 28.14% less than the national average, earning R 170,772 per year and in United States they earn 107.13% more than the national average, earning $89,375 USD 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 Moeletsi
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