Mokgatla Surname

141,009th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 3,162 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
Botswana

Mokgatla Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Mokgatla Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa2,7261:19,8742,509
Botswana4191:5,219811
Zimbabwe131:1,187,55768,998
Northern Ireland11:1,845,03620,648
Iceland11:380,09011,096
Lesotho11:2,032,55823,402
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002

Mokgatla (959) may also be a first name.

Mokgatla Last Name Facts

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

The surname Mokgatla has its highest incidence in South Africa. It may appear in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Mokgatla? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 141,009th most frequently used family name on a global scale. It is borne by approximately 1 in 2,304,727 people. This last name is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Mokgatla reside; 100 percent reside in Southern Africa and 100 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 260,558th most widely held first name globally, borne by 959 people.

The last name Mokgatla is most widely held in South Africa, where it is held by 2,726 people, or 1 in 19,874. In South Africa Mokgatla is primarily concentrated in: North West, where 38 percent are found, Gauteng, where 28 percent are found and Free State, where 18 percent are found. Beside South Africa this last name occurs in 6 countries. It is also common in Botswana, where 13 percent are found and Zimbabwe, where 0 percent are found.

Mokgatla Last Name Statistics demography

Mokgatla earn a lot less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 49.26% less than the national average, earning R 120,588 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 Mokgatla
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