Moqekela Surname
Approximately 308 people bear this surname
Moqekela Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lesotho | 306 | 1:6,642 | 1,409 |
| South Africa | 2 | 1:27,088,852 | 277,613 |
Moqekela (57) may also be a first name.
Moqekela Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Moqekela Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Moqekela is found most frequently in Lesotho. It can also be rendered as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Moqekela.
How Common Is The Last Name Moqekela? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 876,631st most widely held last name on a global scale. It is borne by approximately 1 in 23,660,863 people. The surname Moqekela is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Moqekela live; 100 percent live in Southern Africa and 100 percent live in South Bantu Africa. Moqekela is also the 1,308,380th most frequent first name world-wide, held by 57 people.
The surname Moqekela is most frequently used in Lesotho, where it is held by 306 people, or 1 in 6,642. In Lesotho it is mostly found in: Butha-Buthe District, where 23 percent live, Mohale's Hoek District, where 21 percent live and Thaba-Tseka District, where 21 percent live. Beside Lesotho this surname exists in one country. It is also common in South Africa, where 1 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| 'Moqekela | 94 | 1 | / |
| Maqekela | 88 | 2 | / |
| Moqikela | 88 | 1 | / |
| Moqokela | 88 | 1 | / |
| Mochekela | 82 | 67 | / |
| Magqekela | 82 | 4 | / |
| Makekela | 75 | 98 | / |
| Makokela | 75 | 90 | / |
| Maqokela | 75 | 39 | / |
| Mokekola | 75 | 28 | / |
| Maqoqela | 75 | 2 | / |
| Macekela | 75 | 1 | / |
| Moqokola | 75 | 1 | / |
| Maqakela | 75 | 1 | / |
| Makhokela | 71 | 66 | / |
| Moqhakala | 71 | 3 | / |
| Mochikela | 71 | 1 | / |
| Mokhakela | 71 | 1 | / |
| Mochechela | 67 | 66 | / |
| Makhokhela | 67 | 3 | / |
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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 Moqekela
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