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 most common in South Africa. It can occur as a variant: Motšepe or Motsépe. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Motsepe? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 51,536th most common surname internationally It is held by around 1 in 732,785 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Motsepe live; 99 percent live in Southern Africa and 99 percent live in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 296,849th most widely held first name worldwide It is held by 765 people.
This last name is most widely held in South Africa, where it is held by 9,702 people, or 1 in 5,584. In South Africa Motsepe is most prevalent in: Gauteng, where 59 percent live, North West, where 15 percent live and Mpumalanga, where 9 percent live. Excluding South Africa this surname is found in 17 countries. It is also common in Botswana, where 1 percent live and Lesotho, where 1 percent live.
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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