Moloshi Surname
Approximately 674 people bear this surname
Moloshi Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zambia | 616 | 1:25,730 | 2,726 |
| DR Congo | 55 | 1:1,343,265 | 79,223 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
Moloshi (18) may also be a first name.
Moloshi Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Moloshi Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Moloshi is more commonly found in Zambia than any other country or territory. It can be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Moloshi? popularity and diffusion
The last name Moloshi is the 491,125th most frequently occurring last name at a global level, borne by around 1 in 10,812,383 people. This surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Moloshi live; 91 percent live in Southern Africa and 91 percent live in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 2,608,198th most frequent first name globally, borne by 18 people.
The surname is most prevalent in Zambia, where it is borne by 616 people, or 1 in 25,730. In Zambia Moloshi is most prevalent in: Central Province, where 36 percent reside, North-Western Province, where 27 percent reside and Copperbelt Province, where 17 percent reside. Excluding Zambia this surname occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in The DR Congo, where 8 percent reside and The United States, where 0 percent reside.
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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 Moloshi
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