Motselisi Surname
Approximately 10 people bear this surname
Motselisi Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lesotho | 8 | 1:254,070 | 15,268 |
| South Africa | 2 | 1:27,088,852 | 277,613 |
Motselisi (3,021) may also be a first name.
Motselisi Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Motselisi Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Motselisi is carried by more people in Lesotho than any other country or territory. It may occur in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Motselisi? popularity and diffusion
The surname Motselisi is the 6,063,924th most widely held surname in the world, held by approximately 1 in 728,754,592 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Motselisi reside; 100 percent reside in Southern Africa and 100 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 131,561st most commonly occurring forename in the world It is held by 3,021 people.
It is most frequent in Lesotho, where it is carried by 8 people, or 1 in 254,070. In Lesotho it is most prevalent in: Leribe District, where 38 percent live, Berea District, where 13 percent live and Butha-Buthe District, where 13 percent live. Barring Lesotho this surname exists in one country. It is also found in South Africa, where 20 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mots'elisi | 95 | 23 | / |
| Mot'selisi | 95 | 4 | / |
| Motsilisi | 89 | 4 | / |
| Mots'ilisi | 84 | 11 | / |
| Mots'elise | 84 | 1 | / |
| Mozelisi | 82 | 15 | / |
| Maselisi | 82 | 1 | / |
| Matsalisi | 78 | 1 | / |
| Matsilisi | 78 | 1 | / |
| Mosilisa | 71 | 1 | / |
| Matsilisa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Moiseelesa | 63 | 1 | / |
| Matshilisa | 63 | 1 | / |
| Matseletse | 63 | 1 | / |
| Macelisa | 59 | 95 | / |
| Macelesi | 59 | 18 | / |
| Maselesa | 59 | 4 | / |
| Maselese | 59 | 1 | / |
| Moseleza | 59 | 1 | / |
| Maselice | 59 | 1 | / |
| Matsiliza | 56 | 164 | / |
| Maselechi | 56 | 88 | / |
| Machelesi | 56 | 16 | / |
| Macilishi | 56 | 1 | / |
| Matshiliza | 53 | 5 | / |
| Matsheleza | 53 | 2 | / |
| Mutsheleze | 53 | 1 | / |
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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 Motselisi
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