Kotsoane Surname

480,002nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 695 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
Lesotho

Kotsoane Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Kotsoane Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa4061:133,44315,541
Lesotho2881:7,0571,524
England11:55,718,059489,080

Kotsoane (170) may also be a first name.

Kotsoane Last Name Facts

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

Kotsoane occurs in South Africa more than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Kotsoane? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 480,002nd most commonly held last name world-wide It is held by approximately 1 in 10,485,678 people. The surname Kotsoane occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Kotsoane are found; 100 percent are found in Southern Africa and 100 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. Kotsoane is also the 701,320th most common first name globally, held by 170 people.

Kotsoane is most common in South Africa, where it is borne by 406 people, or 1 in 133,443. In South Africa Kotsoane is primarily found in: Free State, where 66 percent reside, Gauteng, where 28 percent reside and Mpumalanga, where 2 percent reside. Besides South Africa Kotsoane occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in Lesotho, where 41 percent reside and England, where 0 percent reside.

Kotsoane Last Name Statistics demography

Kotsoane earn notably more than the average income. In South Africa they earn 19.67% more than the national average, earning R 284,388 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 Kotsoane
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