Moetsana Surname
Approximately 128 people bear this surname
Moetsana Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lesotho | 127 | 1:16,004 | 3,470 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
Moetsana (24) may also be a first name.
Moetsana Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Moetsana Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Moetsana is found in Lesotho more than any other country or territory. It may be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Moetsana? popularity and diffusion
Moetsana is the 1,589,322nd most commonly held surname on a global scale It is held by approximately 1 in 56,933,952 people. The last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Moetsana live; 100 percent live in Southern Africa and 100 percent live in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 2,187,323rd most commonly held first name worldwide It is held by 24 people.
This surname is most frequently used in Lesotho, where it is held by 127 people, or 1 in 16,004. In Lesotho Moetsana is most frequent in: Berea District, where 54 percent live, Leribe District, where 25 percent live and Maseru District, where 20 percent live. Not including Lesotho this last name occurs in one country. It also occurs in South Africa, where 1 percent live.
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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 Moetsana
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