Motsimi Surname

6,723,624th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 8 people bear this surname

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

Motsimi Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Motsimi Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa81:6,772,213167,054

Motsimi (8) may also be a first name.

Motsimi Last Name Facts

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

The surname Motsimi is found most in South Africa. It can occur as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Motsimi? popularity and diffusion

The last name Motsimi is the 6,723,624th most widely held surname on a worldwide basis, borne by around 1 in 910,943,240 people. The surname Motsimi is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Motsimi reside; 100 percent reside in Southern Africa and 100 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. Motsimi is also the 4,213,784th most frequently occurring first name in the world. It is borne by 8 people.

The surname Motsimi is most commonly held in South Africa, where it is borne by 8 people, or 1 in 6,772,213. In South Africa it is most frequent in: Free State, where 75 percent live, KwaZulu-Natal, where 13 percent live and North West, where 13 percent live.

Motsimi Last Name Statistics demography

Motsimi earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 88.67% less than the national average, earning R 26,928 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 Motsimi
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