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 last name Motsobo is held by more people in Lesotho than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Motsobo? popularity and diffusion
It is the 3,228,735th most commonly used family name worldwide. It is borne by around 1 in 196,960,700 people. It is predominantly found 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.
The surname is most frequently used in Lesotho, where it is carried by 18 people, or 1 in 112,920. In Lesotho it is mostly found in: Leribe District, where 89 percent are found, Butha-Buthe District, where 6 percent are found and Maseru District, where 6 percent are found. Apart from Lesotho this surname occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in Cameroon, where 46 percent are found and South Africa, where 5 percent are found.
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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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