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 held by more people in South Africa than any other country or territory. It can be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Moloi? popularity and diffusion
The surname Moloi is the 7,060th most frequently occurring family name world-wide It is held by around 1 in 90,616 people. The surname Moloi occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Moloi are found; 99 percent are found in Southern Africa and 99 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 152,528th most frequent first name on earth It is held by 2,372 people.
The surname Moloi is most commonly held in South Africa, where it is carried by 73,321 people, or 1 in 739. In South Africa Moloi is mostly concentrated in: Gauteng, where 35 percent live, Free State, where 34 percent live and KwaZulu-Natal, where 11 percent live. Besides South Africa this last name exists in 41 countries. It also occurs in Botswana, where 4 percent live and Lesotho, where 4 percent live.
Moloi Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those carrying the surname is chiefly Christian (100%) in Kenya.
In The United States those holding the Moloi last name are 16.77% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 70% being registered to vote for the 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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