Moletoa Surname
Approximately 42 people bear this surname
Moletoa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lesotho | 36 | 1:56,460 | 8,384 |
| South Africa | 6 | 1:9,029,617 | 189,736 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 3 | 1:16,739,561 | 595,711 |
Moletoa (13) may also be a first name.
Moletoa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Moletoa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Moletoa occurs more in Lesotho more than any other country or territory. It can occur as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Moletoa? popularity and diffusion
It is the 3,017,195th most numerous last name on a global scale It is held by approximately 1 in 173,512,998 people. The last name Moletoa is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Moletoa live; 100 percent live in Southern Africa and 100 percent live in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 3,159,357th most commonly used first name globally, borne by 13 people.
This surname is most prevalent in Lesotho, where it is carried by 36 people, or 1 in 56,460. In Lesotho Moletoa is primarily concentrated in: Maseru District, where 92 percent are found and Mohale's Hoek District, where 8 percent are found. Excluding Lesotho this last name occurs in one country. It also occurs in South Africa, where 14 percent are found.
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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 Moletoa
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