Mothapo Surname

42,073rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 12,415 people bear this surname

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

Mothapo Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Mothapo Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa12,3391:4,391566
England331:1,688,42669,999
Botswana281:78,10513,263
United States51:72,491,7871,102,614
Lesotho21:1,016,27921,693
Norway21:2,571,14395,402
DR Congo11:73,879,570260,543
Iceland11:380,09011,096
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
Poland11:38,008,749231,653
Somalia11:13,452,0619,224
Wales11:3,094,53244,023

Mothapo (205) may also be a first name.

Mothapo Last Name Facts

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

Mothapo is more frequently found in South Africa than any other country or territory. It can also be found in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Mothapo? popularity and diffusion

Mothapo is the 42,073rd most frequently held surname world-wide It is held by around 1 in 586,995 people. It is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Mothapo are found; 100 percent are found in Southern Africa and 100 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 632,267th most commonly occurring first name globally. It is borne by 205 people.

This surname is most prevalent in South Africa, where it is carried by 12,339 people, or 1 in 4,391. In South Africa Mothapo is mostly concentrated in: Limpopo, where 52 percent are found, Gauteng, where 35 percent are found and North West, where 4 percent are found. Excluding South Africa Mothapo occurs in 11 countries. It is also common in England, where 0 percent are found and Botswana, where 0 percent are found.

Mothapo Last Name Statistics demography

Mothapo earn significantly less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 29.84% less than the national average, earning R 166,716 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 Mothapo
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