Motswana Surname

319,156th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,172 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
Botswana

Motswana Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Motswana Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa1,0501:51,5986,540
Botswana1211:18,0743,590
Lesotho11:2,032,55823,402

Motswana (152) may also be a first name.

Motswana Last Name Facts

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

The surname Motswana is carried by more people in South Africa than any other country or territory. It may be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Motswana? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 319,156th most frequent family name on a global scale It is held by approximately 1 in 6,218,043 people. The last name Motswana occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Motswana reside; 100 percent reside in Southern Africa and 100 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 746,252nd most commonly held first name in the world It is held by 152 people.

The surname Motswana is most widely held in South Africa, where it is held by 1,050 people, or 1 in 51,598. In South Africa it is most prevalent in: North West, where 62 percent reside, Gauteng, where 12 percent reside and Northern Cape, where 12 percent reside. Without taking into account South Africa this surname exists in 2 countries. It is also common in Botswana, where 10 percent reside and Lesotho, where 0 percent reside.

Motswana Last Name Statistics demography

Motswana earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 52.98% less than the national average, earning R 111,744 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 Motswana
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