Moswete Surname

512,152nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 638 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
Botswana

Moswete Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Moswete Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa4431:122,29714,473
Botswana1881:11,6332,210
DR Congo41:18,469,892182,906
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
England11:55,718,059489,080
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Moswete (98) may also be a first name.

Moswete Last Name Facts

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

The surname Moswete is found most in South Africa. It can also be found as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Moswete? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 512,152nd most frequent family name in the world It is held by around 1 in 11,422,486 people. The surname is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Moswete reside; 99 percent reside in Southern Africa and 99 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 956,749th most commonly used given name at a global level, borne by 98 people.

The surname Moswete is most frequently held in South Africa, where it is borne by 443 people, or 1 in 122,297. In South Africa Moswete is most numerous in: North West, where 38 percent live, Gauteng, where 35 percent live and Limpopo, where 22 percent live. Excluding South Africa it occurs in 5 countries. It is also found in Botswana, where 29 percent live and The DR Congo, where 1 percent live.

Moswete Last Name Statistics demography

Moswete earn a lot less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 46.76% less than the national average, earning R 126,516 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 Moswete
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