Lephotho Surname

1,218,745th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 192 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
Botswana

Lephotho Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Lephotho Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa1721:314,98729,898
Botswana171:128,64318,229
Lesotho31:677,51919,546

Lephotho Last Name Facts

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

The surname Lephotho is carried by more people in South Africa than any other country or territory. It may appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Lephotho click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Lephotho? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 1,218,745th most commonly held last name globally, held by approximately 1 in 37,955,968 people. The surname Lephotho occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Lephotho reside; 100 percent reside in Southern Africa and 100 percent reside in South Bantu Africa.

This surname is most frequently held in South Africa, where it is held by 172 people, or 1 in 314,987. In South Africa Lephotho is mostly found in: Gauteng, where 53 percent reside, Free State, where 13 percent reside and Limpopo, where 10 percent reside. Excluding South Africa it occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in Botswana, where 9 percent reside and Lesotho, where 2 percent reside.

Lephotho Last Name Statistics demography

Lephotho earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 60.45% less than the national average, earning R 93,984 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Lephoto936,425/
Lepotho939/
Lephotha8811/
Lephotoi885/
Liphotho884/
Llephoto881/
Lepoto8698/
Liphoto801,314/
Lefotho8052/
Lepotha8024/
Lephota8013/
Lophoto804/
Lephutha75242/
Lephetha7554/
Lepoutou751/
Liphooto751/
Lepota713,660/
Lipoto71741/
Lopoto7136/
Lapoto7125/
Lephata67100/
Lyopoto6794/
Lefotha6724/
Lipotot6712/
Lapotha6711/
Lepheta676/
Lopatho675/
Lefatho674/
Lepheto673/
Lephato672/
Lephuto672/
Lephuta671/
Lefetho671/
Lopotha671/
Leputha671/
Lepotta671/
Lepatha671/

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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 Lephotho
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