Moshosho Surname

1,300,225th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 174 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
Namibia

Moshosho Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Moshosho Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa1111:488,08740,113
Namibia441:54,7596,488
Botswana171:128,64318,229
England11:55,718,059489,080
Lesotho11:2,032,55823,402

Moshosho Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Moshosho Come From? nationality or country of origin

Moshosho is borne by more people in South Africa than any other country or territory. It may also be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Moshosho click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Moshosho? popularity and diffusion

Moshosho is the 1,300,225th most commonly occurring surname globally. It is borne by around 1 in 41,882,448 people. The surname Moshosho is predominantly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Moshosho live; 99 percent live in Southern Africa and 99 percent live in South Bantu Africa.

This surname is most frequently used in South Africa, where it is borne by 111 people, or 1 in 488,087. In South Africa Moshosho is most prevalent in: North West, where 75 percent reside, Gauteng, where 17 percent reside and Free State, where 3 percent reside. Beside South Africa it is found in 4 countries. It is also common in Namibia, where 25 percent reside and Botswana, where 10 percent reside.

Moshosho Last Name Statistics demography

Moshosho earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 56.73% less than the national average, earning R 102,816 per year.

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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 Moshosho
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