Molteno Surname
Approximately 384 people bear this surname
Molteno Surname Definition:
Place name, near Como, in Northern Italy.
Molteno Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Africa | 288 | 1:188,117 | 20,469 |
| England | 24 | 1:2,321,586 | 86,519 |
| France | 17 | 1:3,907,219 | 231,005 |
| Argentina | 16 | 1:2,671,463 | 118,579 |
| Brazil | 16 | 1:13,379,646 | 256,605 |
| New Zealand | 14 | 1:323,452 | 26,435 |
| Italy | 4 | 1:15,289,172 | 132,955 |
| Australia | 2 | 1:13,497,850 | 222,987 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 3 | 1:8,125,123 | 158,686 |
Molteno (35) may also be a first name.
Molteno Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
Place name, near Como, in Northern Italy.
Molteno Demographics
Average Molteno Salary in
South Africa
R 166,152
Per year
Average Salary in
South Africa
R 237,638
Per year
Molteno Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Molteno Come From? nationality or country of origin
Molteno is borne by more people in South Africa than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Molteno? popularity and diffusion
Molteno is the 748,537th most commonly used last name world-wide, held by approximately 1 in 18,977,984 people. The surname Molteno is mostly found in Africa, where 75 percent of Molteno live; 75 percent live in Southern Africa and 75 percent live in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,744,716th most frequent forename worldwide It is held by 35 people.
The last name is most widespread in South Africa, where it is borne by 288 people, or 1 in 188,117. In South Africa Molteno is primarily found in: Eastern Cape, where 55 percent live, Western Cape, where 23 percent live and Gauteng, where 19 percent live. Other than South Africa this last name exists in 10 countries. It also occurs in England, where 6 percent live and France, where 4 percent live.
Molteno Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Molteno has changed through the years. In England the number of people carrying the Molteno surname rose 800 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Molteno Last Name Statistics demography
Molteno earn significantly less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 30.08% less than the national average, earning R 166,152 per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Search for Another Surname
The name statistics are still in development, sign up for information on more maps and data
Footnotes
- Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
- Descriptions may contain details on the name's etymology, origin, ethnicity and history. They are largely reproduced from 3rd party sources; diligence is advised on accepting their validity - more information
- 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 Molteno
- To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on FamilySearch, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis