Mothene Surname
Approximately 66 people bear this surname
Mothene Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lesotho | 65 | 1:31,270 | 5,851 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 4 | 1:12,554,671 | 503,821 |
Mothene (30) may also be a first name.
Mothene Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mothene Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Mothene is held by more people in Lesotho than any other country or territory. It may also occur in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Mothene? popularity and diffusion
It is the 2,352,516th most frequently held family name world-wide, borne by around 1 in 110,417,362 people. The last name Mothene is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Mothene reside; 100 percent reside in Southern Africa and 100 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,911,214th most commonly occurring given name on earth It is held by 30 people.
The surname Mothene is most frequent in Lesotho, where it is borne by 65 people, or 1 in 31,270. In Lesotho Mothene is most common in: Thaba-Tseka District, where 45 percent reside, Maseru District, where 29 percent reside and Berea District, where 15 percent reside. Without taking into account Lesotho this last name occurs in one country. It is also found in South Africa, where 2 percent reside.
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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 Mothene
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