Moloi Surname
Approximately 80,422 people bear this surname
Moloi Surname User-submission:
The Moloi surname refers to someone who bewitches people, meaning 'witch'.
Moloi Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Africa | 73,321 | 1:739 | 58 |
| Botswana | 3,569 | 1:613 | 8 |
| Lesotho | 2,892 | 1:703 | 37 |
| DR Congo | 233 | 1:317,080 | 28,591 |
| England | 127 | 1:438,725 | 29,288 |
| Swaziland | 101 | 1:12,853 | 583 |
| Tanzania | 41 | 1:1,291,259 | 46,697 |
| United States | 36 | 1:10,068,304 | 413,125 |
| Kenya | 17 | 1:2,716,465 | 37,471 |
| Papua New Guinea | 11 | 1:741,247 | 83,447 |
| Scotland | 8 | 1:669,227 | 23,443 |
| Indonesia | 8 | 1:16,531,149 | 488,268 |
| Venezuela | 6 | 1:5,034,013 | 43,431 |
| Iceland | 6 | 1:63,348 | 4,218 |
| Norway | 6 | 1:857,048 | 55,549 |
| Russia | 5 | 1:28,824,611 | 530,332 |
| Pakistan | 3 | 1:59,547,962 | 132,569 |
| Malaysia | 3 | 1:9,831,408 | 269,765 |
| Namibia | 2 | 1:1,204,700 | 16,113 |
| Poland | 2 | 1:19,004,374 | 199,659 |
| Northern Ireland | 2 | 1:922,518 | 18,701 |
| Ireland | 2 | 1:2,354,470 | 19,715 |
| Germany | 2 | 1:40,252,730 | 481,636 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
| Wales | 1 | 1:3,094,532 | 44,023 |
| Afghanistan | 1 | 1:32,153,183 | 60,828 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 1 | 1:1,363,975 | 22,013 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
| Congo | 1 | 1:4,989,096 | 34,171 |
| Cyprus | 1 | 1:884,876 | 13,055 |
| Gabon | 1 | 1:1,889,194 | 6,814 |
| Georgia | 1 | 1:3,745,545 | 47,852 |
| Greenland | 1 | 1:56,379 | 1,133 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
Moloi (2,372) may also be a first name.
Moloi Surname Meaning
User-submitted Reference
The Moloi surname refers to someone who bewitches people, meaning 'witch'.
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Moloi Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Moloi Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Moloi (Georgian: მოლოი) is found most in South Africa. It may occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Moloi? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 7,060th most frequent last name internationally, held by around 1 in 90,616 people. The last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Moloi reside; 99 percent reside in Southern Africa and 99 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. Moloi is also the 152,528th most commonly held forename at a global level, borne by 2,372 people.
The surname is most frequently used in South Africa, where it is borne by 73,321 people, or 1 in 739. In South Africa it is most prevalent in: Gauteng, where 35 percent live, Free State, where 34 percent live and KwaZulu-Natal, where 11 percent live. Aside from South Africa it exists in 41 countries. It is also found in Botswana, where 4 percent live and Lesotho, where 4 percent live.
Moloi Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those carrying the last name is chiefly Christian (100%) in Kenya.
In The United States those bearing the Moloi surname are 16.77% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 70% being registered to vote for the political party.
The amount Moloi earn in different countries varies notably. In South Africa they earn 39.4% less than the national average, earning R 144,000 per year and in United States they earn 18.21% less than the national average, earning $35,292 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Moloi Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Moloi in the Georgian language | ||
| მოლოი | moloi | - |
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