Motlapele Surname

615,220th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 501 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
Botswana

Motlapele Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Motlapele Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa2801:193,49220,922
Botswana2211:9,8961,823

Motlapele (507) may also be a first name.

Motlapele Last Name Facts

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

The last name Motlapele is found most frequently in South Africa. It can also occur as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Motlapele? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 615,220th most widely held family name on earth. It is borne by around 1 in 14,546,000 people. It is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Motlapele live; 100 percent live in Southern Africa and 100 percent live in South Bantu Africa. Motlapele is also the 375,944th most common first name globally It is held by 507 people.

This last name is most frequently used in South Africa, where it is held by 280 people, or 1 in 193,492. In South Africa it is most common in: North West, where 54 percent are found, Gauteng, where 28 percent are found and Free State, where 8 percent are found. Barring South Africa this last name is found in one country. It also occurs in Botswana, where 44 percent are found.

Motlapele Last Name Statistics demography

Motlapele earn a lot less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 46.42% less than the national average, earning R 127,332 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 Motlapele
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