Lephatsoa Surname

1,276,805th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 179 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
South Africa

Lephatsoa Surname User-submission:

Lephatsoa is the overarching Basia clan name mainly from Lesotho and migrated to the Freestate and the rest of SA. It means 'black and white skin of a cow'. It comes from the term e-phatsoa, meaning 'black and white'. They used to refer to the black and white color cow as ya-maphatsoeng.

Lephatsoa Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa1761:307,82829,442
Lesotho31:677,51919,546

Lephatsoa Surname Meaning

User-submitted Reference

Lephatsoa is the overarching Basia clan name mainly from Lesotho and migrated to the Freestate and the rest of SA. It means 'black and white skin of a cow'. It comes from the term e-phatsoa, meaning 'black and white'. They used to refer to the black and white color cow as ya-maphatsoeng.

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Lephatsoa Last Name Facts

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

Lephatsoa is borne by more people in South Africa than any other country or territory. It may also be found as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Lephatsoa? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 1,276,805th most frequently occurring family name globally It is held by around 1 in 40,712,547 people. The last name Lephatsoa is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Lephatsoa are found; 100 percent are found in Southern Africa and 100 percent are found in South Bantu Africa.

The surname is most numerous in South Africa, where it is held by 176 people, or 1 in 307,828. In South Africa Lephatsoa is most prevalent in: Free State, where 77 percent are found, Gauteng, where 19 percent are found and KwaZulu-Natal, where 1 percent are found. Barring South Africa Lephatsoa occurs in one country. It is also found in Lesotho, where 2 percent are found.

Lephatsoa Last Name Statistics demography

Lephatsoa earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 67.05% less than the national average, earning R 78,300 per year.

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