Motswane Surname

423,328th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 818 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
South Africa

Motswane Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Motswane Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa8141:66,5578,333
United States31:120,819,6441,331,040
England11:55,718,059489,080

Motswane (77) may also be a first name.

Motswane Last Name Facts

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

Motswane has its highest incidence in South Africa. It may appear as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Motswane? popularity and diffusion

Motswane is the 423,328th most frequent last name on a worldwide basis, held by approximately 1 in 8,908,980 people. The last name Motswane occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Motswane live; 100 percent live in Southern Africa and 100 percent live in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,100,117th most frequently occurring given name in the world, held by 77 people.

Motswane is most widespread in South Africa, where it is held by 814 people, or 1 in 66,557. In South Africa Motswane is most numerous in: North West, where 47 percent live, Gauteng, where 33 percent live and Northern Cape, where 7 percent live. Outside of South Africa this surname exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 0 percent live and England, where 0 percent live.

Motswane Last Name Statistics demography

Motswane earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 55.3% less than the national average, earning R 106,224 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 Motswane
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