Molelejane Surname
Approximately 88 people bear this surname
Molelejane Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lesotho | 80 | 1:25,407 | 5,059 |
| South Africa | 7 | 1:7,739,672 | 177,858 |
| Botswana | 1 | 1:2,186,929 | 30,250 |
Molelejane (21) may also be a first name.
Molelejane Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Molelejane Come From? nationality or country of origin
Molelejane occurs more in Lesotho more than any other country or territory. It can also be found in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Molelejane? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 1,994,173rd most commonly used last name globally, held by around 1 in 82,813,022 people. The last name Molelejane occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Molelejane reside; 100 percent reside in Southern Africa and 100 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. Molelejane is also the 2,368,944th most frequently occurring given name on earth It is held by 21 people.
The surname Molelejane is most frequently occurring in Lesotho, where it is held by 80 people, or 1 in 25,407. In Lesotho Molelejane is most frequent in: Mokhotlong District, where 31 percent are found, Butha-Buthe District, where 26 percent are found and Thaba-Tseka District, where 19 percent are found. Beside Lesotho it is found in 2 countries. It is also found in South Africa, where 8 percent are found and Botswana, where 1 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Moleleyane | 90 | 4 | / |
| Molelejana | 90 | 1 | / |
| Malelane | 78 | 3 | / |
| Molilane | 78 | 1 | / |
| Matleleyane | 76 | 1 | / |
| Mallelajan | 70 | 1 | / |
| Malilane | 67 | 10 | / |
| Mahalelaine | 67 | 2 | / |
| Myalalajan | 60 | 2 | / |
| Maliline | 56 | 1 | / |
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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 Molelejane
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