Motsepe Surname
Approximately 9,945 people bear this surname
Motsepe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Africa | 9,702 | 1:5,584 | 699 |
| Botswana | 110 | 1:19,881 | 3,945 |
| Lesotho | 66 | 1:30,796 | 5,791 |
| England | 29 | 1:1,921,312 | 76,208 |
| United States | 16 | 1:22,653,683 | 662,747 |
| Scotland | 5 | 1:1,070,763 | 31,189 |
| Saudi Arabia | 4 | 1:7,713,954 | 37,548 |
| France | 2 | 1:33,211,361 | 423,184 |
| Norway | 2 | 1:2,571,143 | 95,402 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Kuwait | 1 | 1:3,800,694 | 27,187 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Suriname | 1 | 1:552,616 | 9,664 |
| Wales | 1 | 1:3,094,532 | 44,023 |
The alternate forms: Motšepe (13) & Motsépe (1) are calculated separately.
Motsepe (765) may also be a first name.
Motsepe Demographics
Average Motsepe Salary in
South Africa
R 226,764
Per year
Average Salary in
South Africa
R 237,638
Per year
Motsepe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Motsepe Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Motsepe is found in South Africa more than any other country/territory. It can be found as: Motšepe or Motsépe. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Motsepe? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 51,536th most commonly used family name at a global level, borne by around 1 in 732,785 people. It is predominantly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Motsepe reside; 99 percent reside in Southern Africa and 99 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. Motsepe is also the 296,849th most widely held first name internationally It is held by 765 people.
The last name Motsepe is most common in South Africa, where it is carried by 9,702 people, or 1 in 5,584. In South Africa Motsepe is most frequent in: Gauteng, where 59 percent are found, North West, where 15 percent are found and Mpumalanga, where 9 percent are found. Beside South Africa this surname exists in 17 countries. It also occurs in Botswana, where 1 percent are found and Lesotho, where 1 percent are found.
Motsepe Last Name Statistics demography
Motsepe earn marginally less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 4.58% less than the national average, earning R 226,764 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 Motsepe
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