Motseo Surname
Approximately 1,599 people bear this surname
Motseo Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Africa | 1,564 | 1:34,640 | 4,431 |
| Lesotho | 35 | 1:58,073 | 8,518 |
The alternate forms: Motšeo (5) are calculated separately.
Motseo (11) may also be a first name.
Motseo Demographics
Average Motseo Salary in
South Africa
R 95,436
Per year
Average Salary in
South Africa
R 237,638
Per year
Motseo Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Motseo Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Motseo is borne by more people in South Africa than any other country/territory. It can appear as a variant: Motšeo. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Motseo? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 248,464th most frequent surname internationally It is held by approximately 1 in 4,557,565 people. The last name is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Motseo reside; 100 percent reside in Southern Africa and 100 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. Motseo is also the 3,487,849th most frequently used first name world-wide, held by 11 people.
The surname Motseo is most numerous in South Africa, where it is held by 1,564 people, or 1 in 34,640. In South Africa it is most frequent in: Limpopo, where 67 percent are found, Gauteng, where 21 percent are found and Mpumalanga, where 5 percent are found. Aside from South Africa Motseo occurs in one country. It is also found in Lesotho, where 2 percent are found.
Motseo Last Name Statistics demography
Motseo earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 59.84% less than the national average, earning R 95,436 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 Motseo
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