Koketso Surname

313,815th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,197 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Botswana
Highest density in:
Botswana

Koketso Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Koketso Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Botswana1,1641:1,879174
South Africa231:2,355,55298,611
Canada31:12,281,864364,614
England21:27,859,030389,889
Iceland21:190,0456,825
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002

Koketso (10,978) may also be a first name.

Koketso Last Name Facts

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

The surname Koketso occurs in Botswana more than any other country or territory. It may occur as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Koketso? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 313,815th most frequent surname globally. It is borne by around 1 in 6,088,175 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Koketso reside; 99 percent reside in Southern Africa and 99 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 57,567th most widespread given name on earth, borne by 10,978 people.

It is most widespread in Botswana, where it is carried by 1,164 people, or 1 in 1,879. Besides Botswana this surname exists in 6 countries. It is also found in South Africa, where 2 percent live and Canada, where 0 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Kaketso86163/
Keketso8624/
Kokytsa7120/
Kokitsa715/
Keketsa713/
Kaketsa711/
Kakatsou6744/
Kakitsos679/
Kekhotso671/
Kakitsou671/

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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 Koketso
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