Moshweshwe Surname

2,352,516th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 66 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
South Africa

Moshweshwe Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Moshweshwe Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa651:833,50355,653
Botswana11:2,186,92930,250

Moshweshwe (114) may also be a first name.

Moshweshwe Last Name Facts

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

The last name Moshweshwe is carried by more people in South Africa than any other country or territory. It can be found as:. Click here for further possible spellings of Moshweshwe.

How Common Is The Last Name Moshweshwe? popularity and diffusion

Moshweshwe is the 2,352,516th most frequently held surname on earth, borne by approximately 1 in 110,417,362 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Moshweshwe live; 100 percent live in Southern Africa and 100 percent live in South Bantu Africa. Moshweshwe is also the 877,214th most commonly occurring given name throughout the world, held by 114 people.

Moshweshwe is most common in South Africa, where it is held by 65 people, or 1 in 833,503. In South Africa it is mostly found in: Gauteng, where 34 percent are found, Western Cape, where 20 percent are found and Free State, where 18 percent are found. Not including South Africa it is found in one country. It is also found in Botswana, where 2 percent are found.

Moshweshwe Last Name Statistics demography

Moshweshwe earn a lot less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 43.04% less than the national average, earning R 135,348 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Mashweshwe9057/
Mushweshwe9039/
Mosweswe89197/
Mosweusweu8029/
Mashueshwe801/
Musweswe78306/
Masweswe7816/
Mashwishwi7028/
Maswiswi5683/
Maswoswe5679/
Masvesve5620/
Musvesve567/
Masvoswe563/

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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 Moshweshwe
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