Motshegwe Surname

272,070th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,431 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Botswana
Highest density in:
Botswana

Motshegwe Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Motshegwe Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Botswana8001:2,734337
South Africa6281:86,27010,613
England21:27,859,030389,889
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Motshegwe (101) may also be a first name.

Motshegwe Last Name Facts

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

The surname Motshegwe has its highest incidence in Botswana. It may occur as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Motshegwe? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 272,070th most frequently occurring surname on a global scale, borne by around 1 in 5,092,625 people. The surname is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Motshegwe live; 100 percent live in Southern Africa and 100 percent live in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 940,641st most frequent first name on earth, borne by 101 people.

The last name is most widely held in Botswana, where it is borne by 800 people, or 1 in 2,734. Other than Botswana this surname exists in 3 countries. It is also common in South Africa, where 44 percent are found and England, where 0 percent are found.

Motshegwe Last Name Statistics demography

Motshegwe earn notably less less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 22.93% less than the national average, earning R 183,156 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 Motshegwe
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