Motsileng Surname

864,701st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 314 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
Lesotho

Motsileng Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Motsileng Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa2831:191,44120,758
Lesotho301:67,7529,213
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Motsileng (21) may also be a first name.

Motsileng Last Name Facts

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

The last name Motsileng is carried by more people in South Africa than any other country or territory. It may also appear as:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Motsileng? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 864,701st most frequently held surname on earth, borne by approximately 1 in 23,208,745 people. Motsileng occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Motsileng reside; 100 percent reside in Southern Africa and 100 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 2,368,944th most common first name at a global level, held by 21 people.

The surname Motsileng is most commonly occurring in South Africa, where it is carried by 283 people, or 1 in 191,441. In South Africa it is most frequent in: Limpopo, where 42 percent reside, Gauteng, where 24 percent reside and Mpumalanga, where 14 percent reside. Aside from South Africa this surname exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in Lesotho, where 10 percent reside and The United States, where 0 percent reside.

Motsileng Last Name Statistics demography

Motsileng earn notably less less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 16.89% less than the national average, earning R 197,496 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 Motsileng
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