Mokhetwa Surname

4,307,654th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 21 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
South Africa

Mokhetwa Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Mokhetwa Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa211:2,579,891103,459

Mokhetwa Last Name Facts

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

The surname Mokhetwa is found most in South Africa. It can occur as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Mokhetwa? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 4,307,654th most frequently occurring last name worldwide, held by approximately 1 in 347,025,996 people. The surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Mokhetwa live; 100 percent live in Southern Africa and 100 percent live in South Bantu Africa.

The last name is most numerous in South Africa, where it is carried by 21 people, or 1 in 2,579,891. In South Africa Mokhetwa is most common in: Gauteng, where 90 percent live, KwaZulu-Natal, where 5 percent live and Limpopo, where 5 percent live.

Mokhetwa Last Name Statistics demography

Mokhetwa earn significantly less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 30.66% less than the national average, earning R 164,784 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Mokhethwa9458/
Moketwa93131/
Mokoetwa881/
Mukhetwa881/
Makhetwa881/
Makhetwat82208/
Mukhethwa8216/
Muketwa80256/
Maketwa8077/
Mokotwa8021/
Muchetwa75296/
Makhetwi7555/
Maketwah751/
Moukitwa751/
Makhetwip714/
Makhethua711/
Mokgethwe711/
Mchitwa67104/
Mukitwa6733/
Mokedva6719/
Makatwa678/
Mukedwa674/
Makotwa674/
Mokotua673/
Mokadwa671/
Mchatwa671/
Mcethwa671/
Makitwa671/

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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 Mokhetwa
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