Mothethe Surname
Approximately 36 people bear this surname
Mothethe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lesotho | 32 | 1:63,517 | 8,935 |
| South Africa | 3 | 1:18,059,235 | 248,362 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
Mothethe (10) may also be a first name.
Mothethe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mothethe Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Mothethe is most common in Lesotho. It can also be rendered as:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Mothethe? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 3,274,477th most widely held surname worldwide It is held by around 1 in 202,431,831 people. The surname Mothethe is predominantly found in Africa, where 97 percent of Mothethe reside; 97 percent reside in Southern Africa and 97 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. Mothethe is also the 3,684,242nd most frequent first name throughout the world. It is borne by 10 people.
This last name is most frequent in Lesotho, where it is held by 32 people, or 1 in 63,517. In Lesotho Mothethe is primarily found in: Leribe District, where 69 percent are found, Berea District, where 28 percent are found and Butha-Buthe District, where 3 percent are found. Not including Lesotho this last name is found in 2 countries. It is also common in South Africa, where 8 percent are found and England, where 3 percent are found.
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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 Mothethe
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