Motshwa Surname
Approximately 125 people bear this surname
Motshwa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Africa | 117 | 1:463,057 | 38,677 |
| Zimbabwe | 8 | 1:1,929,780 | 92,581 |
Motshwa Demographics
Average Motshwa Salary in
South Africa
R 117,816
Per year
Average Salary in
South Africa
R 237,638
Per year
Motshwa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Motshwa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Motshwa is held by more people in South Africa than any other country/territory. It may occur as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Motshwa? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 1,612,213th most frequently occurring family name on earth It is held by approximately 1 in 58,300,367 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Motshwa live; 100 percent live in Southern Africa and 100 percent live in South Bantu Africa.
This surname is most frequently used in South Africa, where it is borne by 117 people, or 1 in 463,057. In South Africa it is mostly concentrated in: Limpopo, where 28 percent live, Mpumalanga, where 20 percent live and KwaZulu-Natal, where 17 percent live. Not including South Africa this last name is found in one country. It is also found in Zimbabwe, where 6 percent live.
Motshwa Last Name Statistics demography
Motshwa earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 50.42% less than the national average, earning R 117,816 per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mootshwa | 93 | 6 | / |
| Moutshwa | 93 | 4 | / |
| Moitshwa | 93 | 3 | / |
| Mmotshwa | 93 | 1 | / |
| Moetshwa | 93 | 1 | / |
| Mhotshwa | 93 | 1 | / |
| Motswa | 92 | 3 | / |
| Motshwahe | 88 | 1 | / |
| Motswai | 86 | 428 | / |
| Moetswa | 86 | 29 | / |
| Matshwa | 86 | 26 | / |
| Mutshwa | 86 | 2 | / |
| Metshwa | 86 | 1 | / |
| Motchwa | 86 | 1 | / |
| Moutswa | 86 | 1 | / |
| Motshwe | 86 | 1 | / |
| Motshwi | 86 | 1 | / |
| Motshua | 86 | 1 | / |
| Motshweu | 80 | 42 | / |
| Mgatshwa | 80 | 9 | / |
| Matshwea | 80 | 1 | / |
| Mhatshwa | 80 | 1 | / |
| Moutshua | 80 | 1 | / |
| Mudtshwa | 80 | 1 | / |
| Motswi | 77 | 999 | / |
| Motswe | 77 | 192 | / |
| Mutswa | 77 | 101 | / |
| Matswa | 77 | 53 | / |
| Metswa | 77 | 2 | / |
| Mahatshwa | 75 | 34 | / |
| Mutshwaha | 75 | 1 | / |
| Moutswi | 71 | 239 | / |
| Matshwi | 71 | 239 | / |
| Matshwe | 71 | 83 | / |
| Mutchwa | 71 | 35 | / |
| Motsuoa | 71 | 32 | / |
| Matswai | 71 | 28 | / |
| Moutswe | 71 | 16 | / |
| Motsuhi | 71 | 4 | / |
| Mhatswa | 71 | 2 | / |
| Motsweu | 71 | 2 | / |
| Matshua | 71 | 1 | / |
| Mhetswa | 71 | 1 | / |
| Mhutswa | 71 | 1 | / |
| Motchwe | 71 | 1 | / |
| Muthswa | 71 | 1 | / |
| Mutshwi | 71 | 1 | / |
| Mautswa | 71 | 1 | / |
| Motshbi | 71 | 1 | / |
| Motswahaye | 71 | 1 | / |
| Motswee | 71 | 1 | / |
| Motswoi | 71 | 1 | / |
| Mootswi | 71 | 1 | / |
| Mozwa | 67 | 847 | / |
| Matshweu | 67 | 52 | / |
| Matswaya | 67 | 41 | / |
| Mocwa | 67 | 7 | / |
| Mgutzhwa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Matshwii | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Motshwa
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