Molefe Surname
Approximately 97,934 people bear this surname
Molefe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Africa | 85,700 | 1:632 | 47 |
| Botswana | 9,183 | 1:238 | 1 |
| Lesotho | 2,710 | 1:750 | 40 |
| England | 154 | 1:361,806 | 25,827 |
| Kuwait | 39 | 1:97,454 | 10,676 |
| DR Congo | 34 | 1:2,172,929 | 106,971 |
| United States | 21 | 1:17,259,949 | 572,238 |
| Namibia | 13 | 1:185,339 | 9,730 |
| Canada | 12 | 1:3,070,466 | 169,836 |
| Iceland | 12 | 1:31,674 | 2,357 |
| Scotland | 10 | 1:535,382 | 20,332 |
| Germany | 8 | 1:10,063,182 | 283,807 |
| Qatar | 6 | 1:393,000 | 55,922 |
| Australia | 5 | 1:5,399,140 | 162,351 |
| Norway | 5 | 1:1,028,457 | 61,363 |
| Somalia | 4 | 1:3,363,015 | 5,093 |
| Zimbabwe | 4 | 1:3,859,560 | 114,807 |
| Northern Ireland | 2 | 1:922,518 | 18,701 |
| Wales | 2 | 1:1,547,266 | 39,871 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
| Czechia | 1 | 1:10,633,469 | 206,023 |
| Bahrain | 1 | 1:1,348,608 | 10,432 |
| Sudan | 1 | 1:37,510,195 | 14,259 |
| Swaziland | 1 | 1:1,298,199 | 1,718 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| Zambia | 1 | 1:15,849,922 | 53,989 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
Molefe (15,594) may also be a first name.
Molefe Demographics
Average Molefe Salary in
United States
$19,250 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Molefe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Molefe Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Molefe is held by more people in South Africa than any other country or territory. It can also appear as:. Click here for other potential spellings of Molefe.
How Common Is The Last Name Molefe? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 5,763rd most frequently occurring surname worldwide It is held by around 1 in 74,413 people. The surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Molefe are found; 100 percent are found in Southern Africa and 100 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. Molefe is also the 45,168th most frequent first name throughout the world, held by 15,594 people.
Molefe is the most widely held last name in one country:Botswana, where 9 percent are found. It is most frequently occurring in South Africa, where it is carried by 85,700 people, or 1 in 632. In South Africa Molefe is mostly concentrated in: Gauteng, where 34 percent are found, North West, where 29 percent are found and KwaZulu-Natal, where 14 percent are found. Besides South Africa it exists in 28 countries. It also occurs in Botswana, where 9 percent are found and Lesotho, where 3 percent are found.
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.
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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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