Mothakathe Surname

6,360,413th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 9 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Lesotho
Highest density in:
Lesotho

Mothakathe Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Mothakathe Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Lesotho81:254,07015,268
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732

Mothakathe (13) may also be a first name.

Mothakathe Last Name Facts

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

The last name Mothakathe is found most in Lesotho. It can be rendered as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Mothakathe.

How Common Is The Last Name Mothakathe? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 6,360,413th most frequent family name worldwide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 809,727,324 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Mothakathe are found; 100 percent are found in Southern Africa and 100 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. Mothakathe is also the 3,159,357th most frequent forename internationally, borne by 13 people.

This surname is most frequently used in Lesotho, where it is carried by 8 people, or 1 in 254,070. In Lesotho Mothakathe is most common in: Maseru District, where 63 percent live and Leribe District, where 38 percent live. Apart from Lesotho this last name occurs in one country. It is also found in South Africa, where 11 percent live.

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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 Mothakathe
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