Moketo Surname
Approximately 352 people bear this surname
Moketo Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lesotho | 240 | 1:8,469 | 1,902 |
| South Africa | 46 | 1:1,177,776 | 67,773 |
| Botswana | 44 | 1:49,703 | 9,263 |
| DR Congo | 21 | 1:3,518,075 | 145,665 |
| Equatorial Guinea | 1 | 1:1,135,674 | 984 |
Moketo (70) may also be a first name.
Moketo Demographics
Average Moketo Salary in
South Africa
R 66,084
Per year
Average Salary in
South Africa
R 237,638
Per year
Moketo Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Moketo Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Moketo is held by more people in Lesotho than any other country/territory. It may appear as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Moketo? popularity and diffusion
Moketo is the 798,040th most prevalent last name on a worldwide basis, borne by approximately 1 in 20,703,255 people. The last name Moketo occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Moketo live; 94 percent live in Southern Africa and 94 percent live in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,162,016th most widespread first name in the world, borne by 70 people.
This surname is most widespread in Lesotho, where it is carried by 240 people, or 1 in 8,469. In Lesotho Moketo is primarily found in: Maseru District, where 40 percent reside, Mohale's Hoek District, where 33 percent reside and Mafeteng District, where 18 percent reside. Apart from Lesotho it occurs in 4 countries. It is also common in South Africa, where 13 percent reside and Botswana, where 13 percent reside.
Moketo Last Name Statistics demography
Moketo earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 72.19% less than the national average, earning R 66,084 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 Moketo
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