Motlanthe Surname

496,702nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 664 people bear this surname

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

Motlanthe Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Motlanthe Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa6611:81,96310,112
England31:18,572,686338,250

Motlanthe (24) may also be a first name.

Motlanthe Last Name Facts

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

The surname Motlanthe occurs in South Africa more than any other country/territory. It can appear as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Motlanthe? popularity and diffusion

It is the 496,702nd most frequently held surname on earth It is held by around 1 in 10,975,220 people. The surname Motlanthe occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Motlanthe live; 100 percent live in Southern Africa and 100 percent live in South Bantu Africa. Motlanthe is also the 2,187,323rd most frequently held first name internationally. It is borne by 24 people.

The last name Motlanthe is most commonly held in South Africa, where it is held by 661 people, or 1 in 81,963. In South Africa it is primarily found in: Limpopo, where 59 percent reside, Gauteng, where 34 percent reside and Mpumalanga, where 4 percent reside. Besides South Africa it exists in one country. It is also found in England, where 0 percent reside.

Motlanthe Last Name Statistics demography

Motlanthe earn somewhat less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 5.86% less than the national average, earning R 223,704 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
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  • 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 Motlanthe
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