Motheba Surname
Approximately 3 people bear this surname
Motheba Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lesotho | 1 | 1:2,032,558 | 23,402 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Swaziland | 1 | 1:1,298,199 | 1,718 |
Motheba (530) may also be a first name.
Motheba Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Motheba Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Motheba is borne by more people in Lesotho than any other country or territory. It can also be found in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Motheba? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 10,311,814th most commonly held surname on a worldwide basis, held by around 1 in 2,147,483,647 people. The last name Motheba is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Motheba are found; 100 percent are found in Southern Africa and 100 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 366,410th most widely held forename worldwide, borne by 530 people.
Motheba is most commonly held in Lesotho, where it is carried by 1 people, or 1 in 2,032,558. In Lesotho Motheba is mostly concentrated in: Butha-Buthe District, where 100 percent live. Outside of Lesotho it exists in 2 countries. It is also found in South Africa, where 33 percent live and Swaziland, where 33 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
- 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 Motheba
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