Motsoi Surname
Approximately 7 people bear this surname
Motsoi Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Africa | 5 | 1:10,835,541 | 204,227 |
| Lesotho | 2 | 1:1,016,279 | 21,693 |
Motsoi (19) may also be a first name.
Motsoi Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Motsoi Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Motsoi is found most frequently in South Africa. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of Motsoi.
How Common Is The Last Name Motsoi? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 7,117,718th most commonly occurring last name worldwide It is held by around 1 in 1,041,077,988 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Motsoi live; 100 percent live in Southern Africa and 100 percent live in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 2,523,061st most commonly held first name worldwide, held by 19 people.
The last name Motsoi is most commonly used in South Africa, where it is borne by 5 people, or 1 in 10,835,541. In South Africa it is most prevalent in: Gauteng, where 40 percent live, North West, where 40 percent live and Limpopo, where 20 percent live. Excluding South Africa this surname is found in one country. It is also common in Lesotho, where 29 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
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- 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 Motsoi
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