Chocholo Surname

1,736,881st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 111 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Lesotho
Highest density in:
Lesotho

Chocholo Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Chocholo Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Lesotho891:22,8384,668
Zimbabwe91:1,715,36084,476
South Africa81:6,772,213167,054
Colombia11:47,774,07244,230
Sudan11:37,510,19514,259
Tanzania11:52,941,613123,716
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
Zambia11:15,849,92253,989

Chocholo Last Name Facts

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

The last name Chocholo is found in Lesotho more than any other country/territory. It can also occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Chocholo? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 1,736,881st most frequently occurring surname in the world. It is borne by around 1 in 65,653,567 people. Chocholo is primarily found in Africa, where 98 percent of Chocholo reside; 96 percent reside in Southern Africa and 96 percent reside in South Bantu Africa.

The last name is most prevalent in Lesotho, where it is carried by 89 people, or 1 in 22,838. In Lesotho it is most common in: Qacha's Nek District, where 37 percent reside, Maseru District, where 28 percent reside and Thaba-Tseka District, where 22 percent reside. Excluding Lesotho it exists in 7 countries. It is also common in Zimbabwe, where 8 percent reside and South Africa, where 7 percent reside.

Chocholo Last Name Statistics demography

Chocholo earn marginally less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 4.63% less than the national average, earning R 226,632 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
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  • 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 Chocholo
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