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 surname Moetsana is carried by more people in Lesotho than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Moetsana? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 1,589,322nd most frequently held last name throughout the world. It is borne by around 1 in 56,933,952 people. It is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Moetsana are found; 100 percent are found in Southern Africa and 100 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. Moetsana is also the 2,187,323rd most frequently occurring first name worldwide, borne by 24 people.
This surname is most frequent in Lesotho, where it is held by 127 people, or 1 in 16,004. In Lesotho it is most prevalent in: Berea District, where 54 percent are found, Leribe District, where 25 percent are found and Maseru District, where 20 percent are found. Other than Lesotho Moetsana exists in one country. It also occurs in South Africa, where 1 percent are found.
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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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