Motsoane Surname

94,700th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 5,029 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
Lesotho

Motsoane Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Motsoane Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa4,0231:13,4671,693
Lesotho9891:2,055243
England111:5,065,278148,650
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
Japan11:127,844,29373,547
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Swaziland11:1,298,1991,718

The alternate forms: Motšoane (112) & Motsóane (2) are calculated separately.

Motsoane (561) may also be a first name.

Motsoane Last Name Facts

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

The last name Motsoane is found most frequently in South Africa. It can be rendered in the variant forms: Motšoane or Motsóane. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Motsoane? popularity and diffusion

The surname Motsoane is the 94,700th most widely held surname on a worldwide basis, held by approximately 1 in 1,449,104 people. The last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Motsoane are found; 100 percent are found in Southern Africa and 100 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. Motsoane is also the 354,811th most frequently used first name globally, held by 561 people.

This surname is most frequently used in South Africa, where it is held by 4,023 people, or 1 in 13,467. In South Africa it is most numerous in: Gauteng, where 42 percent reside, Free State, where 37 percent reside and North West, where 6 percent reside. Excluding South Africa this surname occurs in 7 countries. It is also found in Lesotho, where 20 percent reside and England, where 0 percent reside.

Motsoane Last Name Statistics demography

Motsoane earn a lot less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 39.15% less than the national average, earning R 144,600 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 Motsoane
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