Lefotho Surname
Approximately 52 people bear this surname
Lefotho Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Africa | 37 | 1:1,464,262 | 76,407 |
| Lesotho | 15 | 1:135,504 | 12,442 |
Lefotho Demographics
Average Lefotho Salary in
South Africa
R 55,152
Per year
Average Salary in
South Africa
R 237,638
Per year
Lefotho Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Lefotho Come From? nationality or country of origin
Lefotho is more commonly found in South Africa than any other country or territory. It can also be found as:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Lefotho? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 2,689,253rd most widely held surname throughout the world. It is borne by around 1 in 140,145,114 people. The last name is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Lefotho are found; 100 percent are found in Southern Africa and 100 percent are found in South Bantu Africa.
The last name is most widespread in South Africa, where it is carried by 37 people, or 1 in 1,464,262. In South Africa it is most common in: Free State, where 81 percent are found, Gauteng, where 5 percent are found and Eastern Cape, where 3 percent are found. Apart from South Africa this last name occurs in one country. It is also found in Lesotho, where 29 percent are found.
Lefotho Last Name Statistics demography
Lefotho earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 76.79% less than the national average, earning R 55,152 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
- 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 Lefotho
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