Moretlwa Surname
Approximately 55 people bear this surname
Moretlwa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Botswana | 50 | 1:43,739 | 8,388 |
| South Africa | 5 | 1:10,835,541 | 204,227 |
Moretlwa (31) may also be a first name.
Moretlwa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Moretlwa Come From? nationality or country of origin
Moretlwa is carried by more people in Botswana than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Moretlwa.
How Common Is The Last Name Moretlwa? popularity and diffusion
The surname Moretlwa is the 2,605,694th most commonly held surname internationally, held by approximately 1 in 132,500,835 people. Moretlwa occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Moretlwa reside; 100 percent reside in Southern Africa and 100 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,874,099th most numerous forename globally, held by 31 people.
It is most frequently occurring in Botswana, where it is carried by 50 people, or 1 in 43,739. Other than Botswana it exists in one country. It is also common in South Africa, where 9 percent are found.
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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 Moretlwa
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