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
Moloshi is most common in Zambia. It can also occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Moloshi? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 491,125th most widespread family name on a worldwide basis, borne by approximately 1 in 10,812,383 people. Moloshi occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Moloshi reside; 91 percent reside in Southern Africa and 91 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 2,608,198th most numerous given name on earth, borne by 18 people.
This last name is most commonly held in Zambia, where it is held by 616 people, or 1 in 25,730. In Zambia it is mostly concentrated in: Central Province, where 36 percent reside, North-Western Province, where 27 percent reside and Copperbelt Province, where 17 percent reside. Other than Zambia this last name is found in 2 countries. It is also common 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
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- 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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