Mosisili Surname

796,486th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 353 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
Lesotho

Mosisili Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Mosisili Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa1841:294,44428,524
Lesotho1691:12,0272,684

Mosisili (11) may also be a first name.

Mosisili Last Name Facts

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

The surname Mosisili occurs more in South Africa more than any other country/territory. It can also occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Mosisili? popularity and diffusion

The surname Mosisili is the 796,486th most widely held last name on earth, borne by approximately 1 in 20,644,606 people. This last name is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Mosisili live; 100 percent live in Southern Africa and 100 percent live in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 3,487,849th most frequently held first name throughout the world, held by 11 people.

The surname Mosisili is most commonly held in South Africa, where it is carried by 184 people, or 1 in 294,444. In South Africa Mosisili is primarily concentrated in: Eastern Cape, where 38 percent are found, Gauteng, where 33 percent are found and Northern Cape, where 15 percent are found. Barring South Africa this surname exists in one country. It is also common in Lesotho, where 48 percent are found.

Mosisili Last Name Statistics demography

Mosisili earn marginally less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 3.43% less than the national average, earning R 229,476 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 Mosisili
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