Moswana Surname

689,921st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 429 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
Botswana

Moswana Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Moswana Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa3921:138,20815,952
Botswana331:66,27111,607
DR Congo41:18,469,892182,906

Moswana (150) may also be a first name.

Moswana Last Name Facts

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

The surname Moswana occurs in South Africa more than any other country/territory. It can be rendered as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of Moswana.

How Common Is The Last Name Moswana? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 689,921st most widespread last name globally It is held by approximately 1 in 16,987,287 people. The surname is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Moswana live; 99 percent live in Southern Africa and 99 percent live in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 752,187th most widespread first name worldwide. It is borne by 150 people.

Moswana is most commonly used in South Africa, where it is carried by 392 people, or 1 in 138,208. In South Africa Moswana is most prevalent in: Limpopo, where 64 percent reside, Gauteng, where 30 percent reside and North West, where 3 percent reside. Apart from South Africa this surname is found in 2 countries. It is also found in Botswana, where 8 percent reside and The DR Congo, where 1 percent reside.

Moswana Last Name Statistics demography

Moswana earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 54.15% less than the national average, earning R 108,960 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
  • 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 Moswana
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