Moqethei Surname
Approximately 49 people bear this surname
Moqethei Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lesotho | 48 | 1:42,345 | 7,084 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
Moqethei (12) may also be a first name.
Moqethei Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Moqethei Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Moqethei is found in Lesotho more than any other country/territory. It can be found as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Moqethei? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 2,776,799th most commonly held family name world-wide, held by approximately 1 in 148,725,427 people. The surname Moqethei occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Moqethei are found; 100 percent are found in Southern Africa and 100 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. Moqethei is also the 3,306,491st most commonly used forename throughout the world, borne by 12 people.
The surname Moqethei is most frequent in Lesotho, where it is held by 48 people, or 1 in 42,345. In Lesotho Moqethei is primarily found in: Butha-Buthe District, where 63 percent reside, Berea District, where 35 percent reside and Leribe District, where 2 percent reside. Besides Lesotho this surname exists in one country. It also occurs in South Africa, where 2 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 Moqethei
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