Motlaopa Surname
Approximately 179 people bear this surname
Motlaopa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lesotho | 178 | 1:11,419 | 2,564 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
Motlaopa (14) may also be a first name.
Motlaopa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Motlaopa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Motlaopa is found most frequently in Lesotho. It can be found as:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Motlaopa? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 1,276,805th most commonly used family name on earth, held by approximately 1 in 40,712,547 people. The last name is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Motlaopa reside; 100 percent reside in Southern Africa and 100 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. Motlaopa is also the 3,024,661st most numerous first name on earth, borne by 14 people.
It is most widely held in Lesotho, where it is carried by 178 people, or 1 in 11,419. In Lesotho Motlaopa is mostly found in: Mafeteng District, where 49 percent are found, Maseru District, where 35 percent are found and Mohale's Hoek District, where 8 percent are found. Not including Lesotho it exists in one country. It is also common in South Africa, where 1 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
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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
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