Motsoari Surname

244,900th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,626 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
Lesotho

Motsoari Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Motsoari Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa1,1541:46,9485,980
Lesotho4711:4,315845
England11:55,718,059489,080

The alternate forms: Motšoari (49) are calculated separately.

Motsoari (287) may also be a first name.

Motsoari Last Name Facts

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

The last name Motsoari is found most frequently in South Africa. It may be found as: Motšoari. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Motsoari? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 244,900th most frequent last name throughout the world. It is borne by around 1 in 4,481,886 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Motsoari are found; 100 percent are found in Southern Africa and 100 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 522,011th most frequently held first name on earth. It is borne by 287 people.

This last name is most widely held in South Africa, where it is carried by 1,154 people, or 1 in 46,948. In South Africa Motsoari is most prevalent in: Free State, where 48 percent are found, Gauteng, where 35 percent are found and Mpumalanga, where 6 percent are found. Apart from South Africa this surname exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in Lesotho, where 29 percent are found and England, where 0 percent are found.

Motsoari Last Name Statistics demography

Motsoari earn significantly less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 33.85% less than the national average, earning R 157,188 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 Motsoari
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