Kaketso Surname

1,359,010th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 163 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
Botswana

Kaketso Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Kaketso Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa1291:419,98236,405
Botswana331:66,27111,607
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372

Kaketso (134) may also be a first name.

Kaketso Last Name Facts

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

The last name Kaketso is most common in South Africa. It may also occur as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Kaketso? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 1,359,010th most numerous last name worldwide, borne by around 1 in 44,708,871 people. Kaketso is predominantly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Kaketso are found; 99 percent are found in Southern Africa and 99 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 800,975th most frequently held forename at a global level It is held by 134 people.

The last name is most frequent in South Africa, where it is carried by 129 people, or 1 in 419,982. In South Africa Kaketso is mostly concentrated in: Northern Cape, where 55 percent are found, North West, where 33 percent are found and Gauteng, where 8 percent are found. Apart from South Africa Kaketso is found in 2 countries. It is also common in Botswana, where 20 percent are found and Kenya, where 1 percent are found.

Kaketso Last Name Statistics demography

Kaketso earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 58.43% less than the national average, earning R 98,784 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Koketso861,197/
Keketso8624/
Kaketsa861/
Kakatsou8044/
Kakitsos809/
Kakitsou801/
Kakeco7721/
Kakotsa719/
Kakytsa714/
Keketsa713/
Kakitsa713/
Kakatsa711/
Kakaitsa6721/
Kakitsha671/
Kakhatsa671/
Kachetsa671/
Kaketcha671/
Kekhotso671/

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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 Kaketso
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