Lekhotsa Surname
Approximately 489 people bear this surname
Lekhotsa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lesotho | 486 | 1:4,182 | 807 |
| South Africa | 3 | 1:18,059,235 | 248,362 |
Lekhotsa (31) may also be a first name.
Lekhotsa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Lekhotsa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Lekhotsa is held by more people in Lesotho than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Lekhotsa? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 626,382nd most widely held surname world-wide It is held by approximately 1 in 14,902,957 people. This surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Lekhotsa are found; 100 percent are found in Southern Africa and 100 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,874,099th most frequently used first name on earth, borne by 31 people.
This last name is most common in Lesotho, where it is held by 486 people, or 1 in 4,182. In Lesotho it is primarily found in: Mokhotlong District, where 71 percent reside, Maseru District, where 14 percent reside and Berea District, where 6 percent reside. Outside of Lesotho this last name is found in one country. It is also common in South Africa, where 1 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lekhotso | 88 | 317 | / |
| Leqhotsa | 88 | 65 | / |
| Lekhutsa | 88 | 24 | / |
| Lekgotsa | 88 | 1 | / |
| Lekhatsa | 88 | 1 | / |
| Lekoetsa | 88 | 1 | / |
| Lekatsa | 80 | 474 | / |
| Lakotsa | 80 | 12 | / |
| Lekotsi | 80 | 2 | / |
| Leketsa | 80 | 1 | / |
| Hlakotsa | 75 | 401 | / |
| Lekatsas | 75 | 324 | / |
| Lokotsha | 75 | 21 | / |
| Leaketsa | 75 | 17 | / |
| Lichotsa | 75 | 9 | / |
| Lekhatse | 75 | 3 | / |
| Lekeutsa | 75 | 3 | / |
| Lekhutso | 75 | 2 | / |
| Lekgotsi | 75 | 1 | / |
| Hlokotsa | 75 | 1 | / |
| Likhotso | 75 | 1 | / |
| Likhotsi | 75 | 1 | / |
| Lekgotso | 75 | 1 | / |
| Lekoetse | 75 | 1 | / |
| Lekoutsop | 71 | 1 | / |
| Lekoza | 71 | 1 | / |
| Likotsi | 67 | 2,987 | / |
| Lekatse | 67 | 34 | / |
| Lekoçaj | 67 | 24 | / |
| Likotse | 67 | 23 | / |
| Lekocaj | 67 | 22 | / |
| Lekatso | 67 | 17 | / |
| Lechoza | 67 | 12 | / |
| Lekhuzo | 67 | 11 | / |
| Lekhozi | 67 | 8 | / |
| Lekatsi | 67 | 4 | / |
| Lekutso | 67 | 3 | / |
| Likotso | 67 | 2 | / |
| Leskhodzha | 67 | 2 | / |
| Lakatsa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Lakhoza | 67 | 1 | / |
| Lekotjo | 67 | 1 | / |
| Lecatsa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Lekočaj | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Lekhotsa
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