Molesiwa Surname

625,459th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 490 people bear this surname

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

Molesiwa Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Molesiwa Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa4881:111,02013,355
Botswana11:2,186,92930,250
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465

Molesiwa Last Name Facts

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

The surname Molesiwa is held by more people in South Africa than any other country or territory. It can also be found as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Molesiwa? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 625,459th most frequently used last name globally It is held by approximately 1 in 14,872,543 people. This surname is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Molesiwa reside; 100 percent reside in Southern Africa and 100 percent reside in South Bantu Africa.

The last name is most commonly held in South Africa, where it is borne by 488 people, or 1 in 111,020. In South Africa Molesiwa is most prevalent in: Limpopo, where 45 percent are found, North West, where 41 percent are found and Gauteng, where 9 percent are found. Apart from South Africa it is found in 2 countries. It is also common in Botswana, where 0 percent are found and The Netherlands, where 0 percent are found.

Molesiwa Last Name Statistics demography

Molesiwa earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 52.17% less than the national average, earning R 113,664 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 Molesiwa
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