Motebe Surname

346,411th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,056 people bear this surname

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

Motebe Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Motebe Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa1,0101:53,6416,815
DR Congo411:1,801,94195,514
Congo21:2,494,54828,763
Cameroon11:20,769,068227,406
Lesotho11:2,032,55823,402
Norway11:5,142,286129,201

Motebe (13) may also be a first name.

Motebe Last Name Facts

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

The surname Motebe occurs most in South Africa. It can also occur as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Motebe click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Motebe? popularity and diffusion

Motebe is the 346,411th most commonly used family name world-wide, held by around 1 in 6,901,085 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Motebe are found; 96 percent are found in Southern Africa and 96 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 3,159,357th most numerous first name worldwide. It is borne by 13 people.

This last name is most widely held in South Africa, where it is held by 1,010 people, or 1 in 53,641. In South Africa Motebe is most frequent in: North West, where 62 percent live, Gauteng, where 21 percent live and Northern Cape, where 14 percent live. Excluding South Africa this last name exists in 5 countries. It is also found in The DR Congo, where 4 percent live and The Congo, where 0 percent live.

Motebe Last Name Statistics demography

Motebe earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 61.88% less than the national average, earning R 90,588 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Mothebe921,538/
Moutebe923/
Motebei921/
Moutiebe861/
Motiebeh861/
Moutebie861/
Mutebe833,924/
Matebe833,720/
Motabe83140/
Metebe8397/
Moteba8357/
Motibe8346/
Motebi8328/
Motobe8327/
Motewe836/
Motybe831/
Moteve831/
Mathebe775,124/
Mothibe774,271/
Matebie771,794/
Mothabe77738/
Motiobe7768/
Mouteba7742/
Matebes7738/
Muteebe7727/
Mothobe7727/
Matiebe7726/
Matebge7724/
Motabeh7721/
Motobei7717/
Mautebe7715/
Muteber7713/
Metebey7712/
Moteeva779/
Mothewe778/
Muttebe774/
Mothebi773/
Motheba773/
Motieba773/
Methebe771/
Mutebee771/
Mahtebe771/
Motuibe771/
Motheby771/
Motebai771/
Matebei771/
Mataebe771/
Mutebei771/
Metebie771/
Matebey771/
Mateebe771/
Moutibe771/
Motever771/
Mathiebe71146/
Moutheba7148/
Mattiebe7143/
Mothibee714/
Moithebi713/
Mateubeu712/
Mothibed711/
Mateebes711/
Matebees711/
Matebeas711/
Mmathebe711/
Mojtabei711/
Motebhai711/
Muteba6781,290/
Mutebi6730,996/
Matibe671,671/
Mateba671,411/
Matewe671,091/
Muteve67693/
Motabi67423/
Mateve67344/
Matobe67273/
Motiba67259/
Motobi67129/
Matabe67117/
Motewa6796/
Mutibe6793/
Motibi6758/
Motive677/
Matebi675/
Mothibedz674/
Metibe672/
Moteevich672/
Metebi672/
Motevi671/
Moutehoue671/
Motaby671/
Metobe671/
Mothibedt671/

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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 Motebe
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