Motsapi Surname

157,049th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 2,786 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
Lesotho

Motsapi Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Motsapi Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa1,8361:29,5093,787
Lesotho9411:2,160268
England51:11,143,612252,590
United States41:90,614,7331,198,479

Motsapi (256) may also be a first name.

Motsapi Last Name Facts

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

Motsapi is most common in South Africa. It may also appear as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Motsapi.

How Common Is The Last Name Motsapi? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 157,049th most widespread surname in the world It is held by approximately 1 in 2,615,774 people. The last name Motsapi is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Motsapi reside; 100 percent reside in Southern Africa and 100 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 556,659th most common first name world-wide. It is borne by 256 people.

The surname Motsapi is most frequently occurring in South Africa, where it is carried by 1,836 people, or 1 in 29,509. In South Africa it is mostly found in: Gauteng, where 47 percent are found, Free State, where 30 percent are found and Eastern Cape, where 7 percent are found. Excluding South Africa this surname exists in 3 countries. It is also common in Lesotho, where 34 percent are found and England, where 0 percent are found.

Motsapi Last Name Statistics demography

Motsapi earn a lot less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 46.06% less than the national average, earning R 128,184 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 Motsapi
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