Moketa Surname
Approximately 815 people bear this surname
Moketa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lesotho | 595 | 1:3,416 | 597 |
| DR Congo | 150 | 1:492,530 | 39,325 |
| South Africa | 69 | 1:785,184 | 53,751 |
| Botswana | 1 | 1:2,186,929 | 30,250 |
Moketa (108) may also be a first name.
Moketa Demographics
Average Moketa Salary in
South Africa
R 96,000
Per year
Average Salary in
South Africa
R 237,638
Per year
Moketa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Moketa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Moketa is carried by more people in Lesotho than any other country/territory. It can be found as:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Moketa? popularity and diffusion
It is the 424,566th most frequently used last name throughout the world It is held by around 1 in 8,941,774 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Moketa live; 82 percent live in Southern Africa and 82 percent live in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 904,892nd most prevalent first name worldwide. It is borne by 108 people.
Moketa is most prevalent in Lesotho, where it is borne by 595 people, or 1 in 3,416. In Lesotho Moketa is primarily concentrated in: Maseru District, where 42 percent are found, Thaba-Tseka District, where 17 percent are found and Berea District, where 14 percent are found. Barring Lesotho Moketa is found in 3 countries. It is also common in The DR Congo, where 18 percent are found and South Africa, where 8 percent are found.
Moketa Last Name Statistics demography
Moketa earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 59.6% less than the national average, earning R 96,000 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 Moketa
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