Motshebe Surname

1,198,640th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 197 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
Botswana

Motshebe Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Motshebe Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa1141:475,24339,351
Botswana831:26,3495,307

Motshebe (19) may also be a first name.

Motshebe Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Motshebe Come From? nationality or country of origin

Motshebe is most common in South Africa. It may occur in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of Motshebe.

How Common Is The Last Name Motshebe? popularity and diffusion

The surname Motshebe is the 1,198,640th most commonly held last name on a global scale. It is borne by approximately 1 in 36,992,619 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Motshebe live; 100 percent live in Southern Africa and 100 percent live in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 2,523,061st most widely held first name on earth, held by 19 people.

The surname Motshebe is most commonly occurring in South Africa, where it is held by 114 people, or 1 in 475,243. In South Africa Motshebe is primarily found in: North West, where 42 percent are found, Northern Cape, where 35 percent are found and Gauteng, where 19 percent are found. Besides South Africa this last name exists in one country. It also occurs in Botswana, where 42 percent are found.

Motshebe Last Name Statistics demography

Motshebe earn a lot less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 37.47% less than the national average, earning R 148,596 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 Motshebe
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