Motitsoe Surname

587,571st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 532 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
Lesotho

Motitsoe Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Motitsoe Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa4991:108,57313,073
Lesotho321:63,5178,935
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Motitsoe (10) may also be a first name.

Motitsoe Last Name Facts

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

Motitsoe is borne by more people in South Africa than any other country/territory. It can be found as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Motitsoe? popularity and diffusion

It is the 587,571st most frequently held surname worldwide It is held by around 1 in 13,698,395 people. Motitsoe occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Motitsoe live; 100 percent live in Southern Africa and 100 percent live in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 3,684,242nd most frequently used first name internationally, borne by 10 people.

This surname is most commonly held in South Africa, where it is carried by 499 people, or 1 in 108,573. In South Africa Motitsoe is mostly concentrated in: Free State, where 44 percent live, Gauteng, where 25 percent live and North West, where 25 percent live. Apart from South Africa it exists in 2 countries. It is also common in Lesotho, where 6 percent live and The United States, where 0 percent live.

Motitsoe Last Name Statistics demography

Motitsoe earn a lot less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 45.96% less than the national average, earning R 128,424 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Motaitsoe941/
Mothitsoe941/
Motisoe931/
Motitjoe8828/
Motetsoe8822/
Matitsoe883/
Metitsoe881/
Matishoe752/
Motichoe751/
Maticoe671/
Motisahi636/
Matichoue591/
Motezu5721/
Maticeu5310/
Motizai533/
Maticou531/
Matetsu531/
Matizei531/
Mathetsu501/

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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 Motitsoe
  • To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on Family​Search, My​Heritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis