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 Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Moloi Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Moloi Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Moloi (Georgian: მოლოი) occurs in South Africa more than any other country or territory. It can be found as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Moloi? popularity and diffusion
Moloi is the 7,060th most commonly held family name internationally, borne by around 1 in 90,616 people. This last name is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Moloi reside; 99 percent reside in Southern Africa and 99 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 152,528th most commonly used given name internationally, held by 2,372 people.
The last name is most frequent in South Africa, where it is held by 73,321 people, or 1 in 739. In South Africa Moloi is mostly found in: Gauteng, where 35 percent are found, Free State, where 34 percent are found and KwaZulu-Natal, where 11 percent are found. Outside of South Africa this surname occurs in 41 countries. It is also common in Botswana, where 4 percent are found and Lesotho, where 4 percent are found.
Moloi Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those carrying the Moloi surname is primarily Christian (100%) in Kenya.
In The United States Moloi are 16.77% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 70% registered with 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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