Motsoela Surname

1,391,595th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 157 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Lesotho
Highest density in:
Lesotho

Motsoela Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Motsoela Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Lesotho821:24,7874,958
Botswana551:39,7627,636
South Africa181:3,009,872112,058
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
DR Congo11:73,879,570260,543

Motsoela (12) may also be a first name.

Motsoela Last Name Facts

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

The last name Motsoela is carried by more people in Lesotho than any other country/territory. It may also appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Motsoela click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Motsoela? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 1,391,595th most commonly held last name on earth It is held by approximately 1 in 46,417,490 people. The surname Motsoela occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Motsoela reside; 99 percent reside in Southern Africa and 99 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. Motsoela is also the 3,306,491st most commonly occurring given name on earth, held by 12 people.

This surname is most frequently held in Lesotho, where it is carried by 82 people, or 1 in 24,787. In Lesotho Motsoela is mostly found in: Maseru District, where 46 percent are found, Berea District, where 44 percent are found and Thaba-Tseka District, where 6 percent are found. Without taking into account Lesotho this last name exists in 4 countries. It also occurs in Botswana, where 35 percent are found and South Africa, where 11 percent are found.

Motsoela Last Name Statistics demography

Motsoela earn significantly less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 25.24% less than the national average, earning R 177,660 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 Motsoela
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