Molemo Surname

576,198th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 546 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
Botswana

Molemo Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Molemo Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa2681:202,15621,624
Botswana831:26,3495,307
DR Congo821:900,97060,382
Lesotho661:30,7965,791
Cameroon361:576,91944,454
Congo61:831,51616,072
Russia21:72,061,528727,117
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448
Tanzania11:52,941,613123,716
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Molemo (1,217) may also be a first name.

Molemo Last Name Facts

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

The last name Molemo occurs in South Africa more than any other country/territory. It may occur in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Molemo? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 576,198th most widespread surname in the world, held by around 1 in 13,347,154 people. Molemo is mostly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Molemo are found; 76 percent are found in Southern Africa and 76 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. Molemo is also the 226,942nd most prevalent first name in the world, held by 1,217 people.

The surname is most frequently occurring in South Africa, where it is carried by 268 people, or 1 in 202,156. In South Africa Molemo is most frequent in: Mpumalanga, where 69 percent live, Gauteng, where 24 percent live and KwaZulu-Natal, where 3 percent live. Outside of South Africa this surname occurs in 9 countries. It also occurs in Botswana, where 15 percent live and The DR Congo, where 15 percent live.

Molemo Last Name Statistics demography

Molemo earn significantly less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 30.13% less than the national average, earning R 166,032 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Molemou928/
Molemoi922/
Molemoha861/
Molema837,406/
Molomo836,180/
Malemo834,477/
Molamo83804/
Molimo83667/
Mulemo83366/
Melemo8377/
Moslema772,345/
Mollema771,478/
Molomou77238/
Moulema77195/
Mohlomo77129/
Malemou77111/
Molamou7784/
Moulomo7764/
Mollomo7735/
Molimoy7726/
Moilomo7724/
Muleemo7720/
Maliemo7715/
Molimos7712/
Molomoo779/
Moilimo778/
Mmolomo774/
Molimoi774/
Mallemo773/
Maleemo772/
Molomoy772/
Moolomo771/
Malemot771/
Molemad771/
Moliomo771/
Meliemo771/
Melemou771/
Molhomo771/
Mojlema771/
Mollamo771/
Maalemo771/
Moslemat7119/
Maleemoh7118/
Moilimou7116/
Maliemou7112/
Mollamoh713/
Mmaliemo711/
Mouslimo711/
Mouslema711/
Moulamou711/
Mulemohe711/
Moslemaa711/
Mollomou711/
Malema6719,681/
Mulema674,376/
Molima671,350/
Molama671,210/
Moloma67853/
Melema6758/
Mouslimou6729/
Moulimois672/

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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
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  • 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 Molemo
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