Motanyane Surname

293,533rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,301 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Lesotho
Highest density in:
Lesotho

Motanyane Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Motanyane Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Lesotho9241:2,200277
South Africa3001:180,59219,818
Botswana721:30,3746,067
England21:27,859,030389,889
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
Wales11:3,094,53244,023

Motanyane (406) may also be a first name.

Motanyane Last Name Facts

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

The last name Motanyane is found most frequently in Lesotho. It can appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Motanyane? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 293,533rd most frequently used surname internationally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 5,601,496 people. This surname is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Motanyane live; 100 percent live in Southern Africa and 100 percent live in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 427,982nd most widely held first name globally, held by 406 people.

The last name is most commonly used in Lesotho, where it is borne by 924 people, or 1 in 2,200. In Lesotho Motanyane is most frequent in: Maseru District, where 26 percent reside, Berea District, where 20 percent reside and Thaba-Tseka District, where 15 percent reside. Barring Lesotho it exists in 6 countries. It also occurs in South Africa, where 23 percent reside and Botswana, where 6 percent reside.

Motanyane Last Name Statistics demography

Motanyane earn significantly more than the average income. In South Africa they earn 31.85% more than the national average, earning R 313,332 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 Motanyane
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