Hlotho Surname
Approximately 192 people bear this surname
Hlotho Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lesotho | 182 | 1:11,168 | 2,518 |
| South Africa | 10 | 1:5,417,770 | 150,016 |
Hlotho (15) may also be a first name.
Hlotho Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Hlotho Come From? nationality or country of origin
Hlotho is held by more people in Lesotho than any other country or territory. It can also appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Hlotho click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Hlotho? popularity and diffusion
The surname Hlotho is the 1,218,745th most frequently used last name at a global level, borne by around 1 in 37,955,968 people. The last name Hlotho occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Hlotho reside; 100 percent reside in Southern Africa and 100 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 2,900,335th most commonly held first name world-wide, borne by 15 people.
The surname is most widely held in Lesotho, where it is held by 182 people, or 1 in 11,168. In Lesotho it is most numerous in: Mafeteng District, where 59 percent live, Leribe District, where 25 percent live and Qacha's Nek District, where 15 percent live. Not including Lesotho it occurs in one country. It is also common in South Africa, where 5 percent live.
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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 Hlotho
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