Mothepe Surname

3,141,416th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 39 people bear this surname

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

Mothepe Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Mothepe Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa381:1,425,72975,291
Lesotho11:2,032,55823,402

Mothepe (39) may also be a first name.

Mothepe Last Name Facts

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

The last name Mothepe has its highest incidence in South Africa. It can also appear as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Mothepe? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 3,141,416th most prevalent last name world-wide It is held by approximately 1 in 186,860,152 people. The last name Mothepe is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Mothepe live; 100 percent live in Southern Africa and 100 percent live in South Bantu Africa. Mothepe is also the 1,637,361st most widespread given name throughout the world. It is borne by 39 people.

Mothepe is most commonly occurring in South Africa, where it is borne by 38 people, or 1 in 1,425,729. In South Africa Mothepe is mostly concentrated in: Limpopo, where 79 percent reside, Gauteng, where 16 percent reside and Free State, where 3 percent reside. Not including South Africa this last name exists in one country. It is also common in Lesotho, where 3 percent reside.

Mothepe Last Name Statistics demography

Mothepe earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 80.01% less than the national average, earning R 47,496 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Mothoepe931/
Motepe921,097/
Mathepe86265/
Mothipe8674/
Mothope8630/
Moothep8625/
Muthepe862/
Mothape862/
Mothepi862/
Mot'epe861/
Mostepe861/
Motespe861/
Mothepa861/
Motep831/
Mathephe80129/
Mostheph801/
Mothip77669/
Motepa77596/
Mutepe77511/
Mathep77136/
Matepe77119/
Motipe7751/
Motope7725/
Metepe776/
Motape774/
Moteev773/
Moteeb771/
Motepp771/
Mootep771/
Motepy771/
Motepi771/
Motheb771/
Mathope711,230/
Mutepfe71653/
Mothopi71636/
Metepey71420/
Mathipe71382/
Matthep71223/
Mathape7179/
Mothipi7173/
Mothapi7153/
Mathepa7130/
Muttepe7124/
Methape7114/
Modthip716/
Motipet715/
Motthip714/
Motephe713/
Mastepe712/
Metepie712/
Mathype711/
Meetheepee711/
Motiope711/
Motyope711/
Metepei711/
Moutape711/
Mothipa711/
Matepey711/
Mutepey711/
Matepfe711/
Mhothip711/
Motev67296/
Mahathep67267/
Matep67230/
Moteb67203/
Motip675/
Mothophi672/
Mostephi671/
Matthape671/
Mateapeh671/
Muthepha671/
Mutheppa671/
Mousteph671/
Matheppa671/
Modtepha671/
Moudthip671/

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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 Mothepe
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