Mokapane Surname

394,201st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 896 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Lesotho
Highest density in:
Lesotho

Mokapane Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Mokapane Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Lesotho6821:2,980490
South Africa1531:354,10332,399
Botswana611:35,8517,015

Mokapane (32) may also be a first name.

Mokapane Last Name Facts

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

The last name Mokapane has its highest incidence in Lesotho. It may also be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Mokapane? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 394,201st most common surname on a global scale, borne by approximately 1 in 8,133,422 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Mokapane live; 100 percent live in Southern Africa and 100 percent live in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,840,253rd most frequently used first name on earth. It is borne by 32 people.

The last name is most frequently occurring in Lesotho, where it is held by 682 people, or 1 in 2,980. In Lesotho Mokapane is mostly found in: Thaba-Tseka District, where 31 percent reside, Berea District, where 24 percent reside and Mafeteng District, where 16 percent reside. Besides Lesotho this surname occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in South Africa, where 17 percent reside and Botswana, where 7 percent reside.

Mokapane Last Name Statistics demography

Mokapane earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 68.26% less than the national average, earning R 75,420 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
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  • 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 Mokapane
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