Kotswana Surname

1,305,105th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 173 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
Botswana

Kotswana Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Kotswana Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa1381:392,59234,819
Botswana331:66,27111,607
Lesotho11:2,032,55823,402
Zimbabwe11:15,438,240133,260

Kotswana (79) may also be a first name.

Kotswana Last Name Facts

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

The last name Kotswana has its highest incidence in South Africa. It can be found as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Kotswana? popularity and diffusion

The surname Kotswana is the 1,305,105th most frequently occurring surname throughout the world It is held by around 1 in 42,124,543 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Kotswana live; 100 percent live in Southern Africa and 100 percent live in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,083,225th most numerous first name in the world. It is borne by 79 people.

This surname is most frequently held in South Africa, where it is borne by 138 people, or 1 in 392,592. In South Africa Kotswana is most frequent in: Eastern Cape, where 55 percent reside, Western Cape, where 30 percent reside and Gauteng, where 10 percent reside. Outside of South Africa it exists in 3 countries. It is also common in Botswana, where 19 percent reside and Lesotho, where 1 percent reside.

Kotswana Last Name Statistics demography

Kotswana earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 76.56% less than the national average, earning R 55,692 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 Kotswana
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