Molefe Surname

5,763rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 97,934 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
Botswana

Molefe Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Molefe Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa85,7001:63247
Botswana9,1831:2381
Lesotho2,7101:75040
England1541:361,80625,827
Kuwait391:97,45410,676
DR Congo341:2,172,929106,971
United States211:17,259,949572,238
Namibia131:185,3399,730
Canada121:3,070,466169,836
Iceland121:31,6742,357
Scotland101:535,38220,332
Germany81:10,063,182283,807
Qatar61:393,00055,922
Australia51:5,399,140162,351
Norway51:1,028,45761,363
Somalia41:3,363,0155,093
Zimbabwe41:3,859,560114,807
Northern Ireland21:922,51818,701
Wales21:1,547,26639,871
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972
Ethiopia11:97,546,26229,669
Czechia11:10,633,469206,023
Bahrain11:1,348,60810,432
Sudan11:37,510,19514,259
Swaziland11:1,298,1991,718
Tanzania11:52,941,613123,716
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
Zambia11:15,849,92253,989
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543

Molefe (15,594) may also be a first name.

Molefe Last Name Facts

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

The surname Molefe is more commonly found in South Africa than any other country/territory. It may be found in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Molefe? popularity and diffusion

The surname Molefe is the 5,763rd most widely held surname at a global level, held by around 1 in 74,413 people. The last name Molefe occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Molefe live; 100 percent live in Southern Africa and 100 percent live in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 45,168th most widely held first name on earth. It is borne by 15,594 people.

Molefe is the most prevalent surname in one country:Botswana, where 9 percent reside. The surname is most frequently held in South Africa, where it is carried by 85,700 people, or 1 in 632. In South Africa it is mostly found in: Gauteng, where 34 percent reside, North West, where 29 percent reside and KwaZulu-Natal, where 14 percent reside. Aside from South Africa this last name occurs in 28 countries. It also occurs in Botswana, where 9 percent reside and Lesotho, where 3 percent reside.

Molefe Last Name Statistics demography

The amount Molefe earn in different countries varies notably. In South Africa they earn 35.05% less than the national average, earning R 154,356 per year and in United States they earn 55.39% less than the national average, earning $19,250 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Molefhe921,946/
Molefie927/
Moleffe922/
Molefeu921/
Moleife921/
Moliefe921/
Molefee921/
Mmolefe921/
Moleefe921/
Moleufe921/
Mollefe921/
Molef914/
Molefhie861/
Moleafie861/
Moliefie861/
Molefi8317,369/
Molife831,496/
Malefe83189/
Mohlef8381/
Moulef8330/
Motlef8324/
Moleff8323/
Moleev8318/
Molefa8312/
Molafe8310/
Melefe838/
Mulefe835/
Molofe833/
Mollef831/
Moslef831/
Moleft831/
Molefy831/
Molefhi771,300/
Molofey77161/
Moleufi77140/
Molefha7744/
Molofei7728/
Molofee7713/
Moloife778/
Molifer775/
Molafei774/
Malefet773/
Mosleev772/
Molephe772/
Moliffe772/
Mohlefi771/
Moulefi771/
Moullef771/
Maulefe771/
'Molefi771/
Malefeu771/
Moulefa771/
Moelefi771/
Moloefi771/
Moliefi771/
Molev732,239/
Malef7329/
Molew737/
Molif733/
Moleb732/
Mallefet7111/
Maliefeh711/
Mohlephe711/
Meleafeu711/
Molefhii711/
Malefiea711/
Mahalefe711/
Maleev676,862/
Moleva672,539/
Molifi671,770/
Mulife67987/
Malife67235/
Mulefa6783/
Molifa6771/
Molofi6770/
Malefi6764/
Malefa6758/
Malafe6757/
Molofy6738/
Mollefait6720/
Moliff6719/
Molafi6716/
Moslev6714/
Maleew6712/
Motlif6710/
Malofe679/
Melife679/
Melafe677/
Mouleb675/
Moliev674/
Maleef673/
Moliew672/
Motlev672/
Mohleb672/
Matlef671/
Melofe671/
Mooleb671/
Molevp671/
Maleuf671/
Moulif671/
Molevs671/
Mahlef671/
Mulefi671/

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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 Molefe
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