Motseki Surname

73,869th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 6,661 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
Lesotho

Motseki Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Motseki Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa3,4851:15,5461,964
Lesotho3,1701:64129
England21:27,859,030389,889
Iceland11:380,09011,096
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
Wales11:3,094,53244,023

Motseki (4,835) may also be a first name.

Motseki Last Name Facts

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

The last name Motseki occurs in South Africa more than any other country/territory. It can occur as:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Motseki? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 73,869th most prevalent surname on a global scale, borne by around 1 in 1,094,062 people. This last name is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Motseki are found; 100 percent are found in Southern Africa and 100 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. Motseki is also the 98,245th most frequently held forename worldwide. It is borne by 4,835 people.

Motseki is most commonly occurring in South Africa, where it is carried by 3,485 people, or 1 in 15,546. In South Africa Motseki is most frequent in: Free State, where 48 percent reside, Gauteng, where 19 percent reside and Eastern Cape, where 9 percent reside. Outside of South Africa Motseki is found in 6 countries. It also occurs in Lesotho, where 48 percent reside and England, where 0 percent reside.

Motseki Last Name Statistics demography

Motseki earn a lot less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 45.8% less than the national average, earning R 128,796 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 Motseki
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