Motshegoa Surname

172,486th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 2,494 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
South Africa

Motshegoa Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Motshegoa Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa2,4851:21,8022,766
England61:9,286,343223,652
Scotland21:2,676,90851,579
Iceland11:380,09011,096

Motshegoa (241) may also be a first name.

Motshegoa Last Name Facts

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

Motshegoa is held by more people in South Africa than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of Motshegoa click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Motshegoa? popularity and diffusion

The surname Motshegoa is the 172,486th most frequently used family name throughout the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 2,922,031 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Motshegoa are found; 100 percent are found in Southern Africa and 100 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. Motshegoa is also the 575,894th most commonly held first name internationally, held by 241 people.

The last name is most prevalent in South Africa, where it is carried by 2,485 people, or 1 in 21,802. In South Africa Motshegoa is most common in: Gauteng, where 44 percent live, Limpopo, where 34 percent live and North West, where 17 percent live. Not including South Africa Motshegoa exists in 3 countries. It is also common in England, where 0 percent live and Scotland, where 0 percent live.

Motshegoa Last Name Statistics demography

Motshegoa earn significantly less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 31.45% less than the national average, earning R 162,912 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
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  • 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 Motshegoa
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