Motingoe Surname

265,691st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,472 people bear this surname

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

Motingoe Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Motingoe Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa1,4171:38,2344,913
Lesotho491:41,4816,991
England21:27,859,030389,889
Iceland21:190,0456,825
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795

Motingoe (91) may also be a first name.

Motingoe Last Name Facts

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

The last name Motingoe is borne by more people in South Africa than any other country or territory. It may occur in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Motingoe? popularity and diffusion

The last name Motingoe is the 265,691st most commonly occurring family name on earth It is held by approximately 1 in 4,950,778 people. The last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Motingoe reside; 100 percent reside in Southern Africa and 100 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 998,282nd most frequently occurring first name internationally. It is borne by 91 people.

The surname Motingoe is most frequent in South Africa, where it is held by 1,417 people, or 1 in 38,234. In South Africa it is mostly found in: Free State, where 40 percent reside, North West, where 32 percent reside and Gauteng, where 21 percent reside. Not including South Africa this last name is found in 4 countries. It is also common in Lesotho, where 3 percent reside and England, where 0 percent reside.

Motingoe Last Name Statistics demography

Motingoe earn a lot less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 36.7% less than the national average, earning R 150,420 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 Motingoe
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