Motshewa Surname

1,343,156th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 166 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Botswana
Highest density in:
Botswana

Motshewa Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Motshewa Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Botswana1431:15,2932,975
South Africa221:2,462,623101,019
Lesotho11:2,032,55823,402

Motshewa (1,448) may also be a first name.

Motshewa Last Name Facts

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

Motshewa is most common in Botswana. It can also occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Motshewa click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Motshewa? popularity and diffusion

The last name Motshewa is the 1,343,156th most frequently occurring family name on a global scale, borne by approximately 1 in 43,900,879 people. The surname is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Motshewa are found; 100 percent are found in Southern Africa and 100 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. Motshewa is also the 205,021st most prevalent first name world-wide, held by 1,448 people.

The surname Motshewa is most commonly used in Botswana, where it is borne by 143 people, or 1 in 15,293. Not including Botswana this last name occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in South Africa, where 13 percent reside and Lesotho, where 1 percent reside.

Motshewa Last Name Statistics demography

Motshewa earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 64.71% less than the national average, earning R 83,868 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 Motshewa
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