Mokgotla Surname

703,644th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 418 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
Botswana

Mokgotla Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Mokgotla Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa4011:135,10615,678
Botswana171:128,64318,229

Mokgotla (57) may also be a first name.

Mokgotla Last Name Facts

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

The surname Mokgotla is carried by more people in South Africa than any other country or territory. It can also appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Mokgotla? popularity and diffusion

The surname Mokgotla is the 703,644th most commonly occurring family name in the world. It is borne by around 1 in 17,434,320 people. The surname Mokgotla occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Mokgotla are found; 100 percent are found in Southern Africa and 100 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. Mokgotla is also the 1,308,380th most frequently occurring first name in the world. It is borne by 57 people.

This last name is most common in South Africa, where it is borne by 401 people, or 1 in 135,106. In South Africa it is mostly found in: Gauteng, where 74 percent live, North West, where 22 percent live and Mpumalanga, where 2 percent live. Outside of South Africa Mokgotla is found in one country. It also occurs in Botswana, where 4 percent live.

Mokgotla Last Name Statistics demography

Mokgotla earn a lot less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 40.64% less than the national average, earning R 141,072 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 Mokgotla
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