Motsoko Surname

224,220th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,815 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
Lesotho

Motsoko Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Motsoko Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa1,6571:32,6964,182
Lesotho1201:16,9383,631
Botswana331:66,27111,607
England31:18,572,686338,250
Qatar11:2,357,99976,403
Tanzania11:52,941,613123,716

Motsoko (155) may also be a first name.

Motsoko Last Name Facts

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

Motsoko is found most frequently in South Africa. It may also appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Motsoko? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 224,220th most numerous family name worldwide, borne by approximately 1 in 4,015,177 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Motsoko are found; 100 percent are found in Southern Africa and 100 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. Motsoko is also the 738,219th most common first name worldwide, held by 155 people.

Motsoko is most frequently occurring in South Africa, where it is held by 1,657 people, or 1 in 32,696. In South Africa it is mostly concentrated in: Gauteng, where 38 percent live, Limpopo, where 34 percent live and Eastern Cape, where 15 percent live. Excluding South Africa this last name is found in 5 countries. It also occurs in Lesotho, where 7 percent live and Botswana, where 2 percent live.

Motsoko Last Name Statistics demography

Motsoko earn a lot less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 48.28% less than the national average, earning R 122,916 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
  • 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 Motsoko
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