Moqelane Surname
Approximately 18 people bear this surname
Moqelane Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lesotho | 15 | 1:135,504 | 12,442 |
| South Africa | 3 | 1:18,059,235 | 248,362 |
Moqelane Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Moqelane Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Moqelane has its highest incidence in Lesotho. It may also occur as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Moqelane? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 4,649,889th most frequently held last name on earth, borne by around 1 in 404,863,662 people. The surname Moqelane occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Moqelane reside; 100 percent reside in Southern Africa and 100 percent reside in South Bantu Africa.
This surname is most frequently used in Lesotho, where it is held by 15 people, or 1 in 135,504. In Lesotho Moqelane is mostly concentrated in: Quthing District, where 60 percent live, Maseru District, where 33 percent live and Butha-Buthe District, where 7 percent live. Apart from Lesotho this last name is found in one country. It is also common in South Africa, where 17 percent live.
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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 Moqelane
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