Motsobo Surname
Approximately 37 people bear this surname
Motsobo Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lesotho | 18 | 1:112,920 | 11,579 |
| Cameroon | 17 | 1:1,221,710 | 73,195 |
| South Africa | 2 | 1:27,088,852 | 277,613 |
Motsobo Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Motsobo Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Motsobo is carried by more people in Lesotho than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Motsobo click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Motsobo? popularity and diffusion
The last name Motsobo is the 3,228,735th most widely held family name world-wide, borne by approximately 1 in 196,960,700 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Motsobo are found; 54 percent are found in Southern Africa and 54 percent are found in South Bantu Africa.
This surname is most frequent in Lesotho, where it is held by 18 people, or 1 in 112,920. In Lesotho it is primarily concentrated in: Leribe District, where 89 percent live, Butha-Buthe District, where 6 percent live and Maseru District, where 6 percent live. Beside Lesotho this surname is found in 2 countries. It is also common in Cameroon, where 46 percent live and South Africa, where 5 percent live.
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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 Motsobo
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