Motsela Surname
Approximately 44 people bear this surname
Motsela Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lesotho | 28 | 1:72,591 | 9,509 |
| South Africa | 16 | 1:3,386,106 | 119,139 |
The alternate forms: Motšela (5) are calculated separately.
Motsela (15) may also be a first name.
Motsela Demographics
Average Motsela Salary in
South Africa
R 60,372
Per year
Average Salary in
South Africa
R 237,638
Per year
Motsela Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Motsela Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Motsela occurs more in Lesotho more than any other country/territory. It can be found in the variant forms: Motšela. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Motsela? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 2,944,094th most commonly occurring last name world-wide, borne by approximately 1 in 165,626,044 people. The surname Motsela occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Motsela live; 100 percent live in Southern Africa and 100 percent live in South Bantu Africa. Motsela is also the 2,900,335th most widely held forename throughout the world, borne by 15 people.
This surname is most commonly held in Lesotho, where it is borne by 28 people, or 1 in 72,591. In Lesotho it is most prevalent in: Berea District, where 79 percent are found, Maseru District, where 18 percent are found and Leribe District, where 4 percent are found. Excluding Lesotho it exists in one country. It is also found in South Africa, where 36 percent are found.
Motsela Last Name Statistics demography
Motsela earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 74.59% less than the national average, earning R 60,372 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 Motsela
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