Thato Forename
22,006th
Most Common
name in the World
Approximately 40,442 people bear this name
Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
Botswana
Thato Forename Definition:
Thato is a given name of the Tonga tribe, meaning: love.
Read More About This ForenameThato Forename Distribution
| Place | Gender | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| South Africa | 60% | 17,517 | 1:3,113 | 585 |
| Botswana | 52% | 14,043 | 1:156 | 3 |
| Lesotho | 53% | 7,894 | 1:258 | 14 |
| Poland | - | 236 | 1:161,132 | 3,078 |
| England | 50% | 213 | 1:261,047 | 6,970 |
| Zimbabwe | 76% | 174 | 1:88,643 | 6,639 |
| Malawi | 67% | 148 | 1:115,624 | 6,115 |
| Kuwait | - | 57 | 1:66,408 | 5,422 |
| Philippines | 98% | 42 | 1:2,524,035 | 52,866 |
| United States | 100% | 21 | 1:17,263,666 | 147,392 |
| Iceland | - | 16 | 1:22,876 | 1,561 |
| India | 55% | 16 | 1:75,929,873 | 1,126,684 |
| Canada | - | 7 | 1:4,733,339 | 48,640 |
| Brazil | - | 6 | 1:35,706,026 | 284,222 |
| Qatar | - | 5 | 1:473,921 | 38,106 |
| Swaziland | - | 4 | 1:325,044 | 2,285 |
| Malaysia | - | 4 | 1:7,612,485 | 167,458 |
| Ireland | - | 3 | 1:1,547,840 | 7,573 |
| Scotland | - | 3 | 1:1,783,455 | 14,297 |
| Pakistan | 100% | 3 | 1:64,785,893 | 186,184 |
| Zambia | - | 3 | 1:5,284,931 | 37,895 |
| Sweden | 50% | 2 | 1:4,928,954 | 52,965 |
| Indonesia | - | 2 | 1:128,981,834 | 1,206,875 |
| Netherlands | 100% | 2 | 1:8,451,042 | 32,813 |
| Wales | - | 2 | 1:1,547,154 | 12,610 |
| Spain | - | 1 | 1:46,529,965 | 35,592 |
| Switzerland | 100% | 1 | 1:8,213,496 | 36,387 |
| Thailand | 100% | 1 | 1:70,065,813 | 391,235 |
| Singapore | 100% | 1 | 1:6,287,054 | 39,645 |
| Russia | - | 1 | 1:144,233,704 | 184,271 |
| Maldives | - | 1 | 1:433,903 | 5,827 |
| Norway | - | 1 | 1:5,132,329 | 37,513 |
| Namibia | - | 1 | 1:2,404,179 | 16,970 |
| Morocco | - | 1 | 1:34,348,636 | 18,260 |
| Kenya | - | 1 | 1:46,307,110 | 74,921 |
| Japan | - | 1 | 1:127,986,057 | 94,066 |
| Jamaica | - | 1 | 1:2,883,227 | 22,340 |
| Iran | - | 1 | 1:78,496,868 | 65,150 |
| Hong Kong | - | 1 | 1:7,752,725 | 20,144 |
| Georgia | - | 1 | 1:3,738,466 | 29,095 |
| Cambodia | 100% | 1 | 1:16,273,330 | 74,610 |
| Burkina Faso | 100% | 1 | 1:18,379,469 | 100,219 |
| Australia | - | 1 | 1:13,657,622 | 55,904 |
| Northern Ireland | - | 1 | 1:1,843,146 | 3,737 |
Thato (3,112) may also be a surname.
Thato Forename Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
Thato is a given name of the Tonga tribe, meaning: love.
— The Names of Zambia (2019) by Simboma Mubita Lukama
User-submitted Reference
It is a unisex name, which comes from the Southern Sotho word thato, meaning 'the beloved one' or 'the chosen one'.
Thato could also mean 'will' when used in a different context, for example: thato ya hao e phetehe, meaning 'let your will be done'.
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Thato Demographics
Average Male Thato Height
164.81 cm
Average male height (US):
175.3 cm
Sample size: 48 (2014)
Average Female Thato Height
158.27 cm
Average female height (US):
161.5 cm
Sample size: 15 (2014)
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
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