Liketso Surname

1,755,741st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 109 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Lesotho
Highest density in:
Lesotho

Liketso Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Liketso Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Lesotho861:23,6344,787
South Africa231:2,355,55298,611

Liketso (1,285) may also be a first name.

Liketso Last Name Facts

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

Liketso is held by more people in Lesotho than any other country/territory. It may occur in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Liketso.

How Common Is The Last Name Liketso? popularity and diffusion

It is the 1,755,741st most frequently used last name on a global scale. It is borne by around 1 in 66,858,219 people. The last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Liketso live; 100 percent live in Southern Africa and 100 percent live in South Bantu Africa. Liketso is also the 219,865th most commonly held first name throughout the world, borne by 1,285 people.

The last name Liketso is most frequent in Lesotho, where it is carried by 86 people, or 1 in 23,634. In Lesotho Liketso is mostly found in: Maseru District, where 26 percent live, Thaba-Tseka District, where 24 percent live and Berea District, where 17 percent live. Barring Lesotho it exists in one country. It is also common in South Africa, where 21 percent live.

Liketso Last Name Statistics demography

Liketso earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 64.61% less than the national average, earning R 84,108 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Lieketso935/
Likhetso931/
Likotso862/
Lyketsos8029/
Likitsho8010/
Likhotso801/
Likezo771,767/
Lekatso7117/
Leqetso715/
Likecho711/
Licotso711/
Leqatso711/
Leketsa711/
Lekhotso67317/
Leaketsa6717/
Leqhetso679/
Lekeutsa673/
Likitsha671/
Lekoetsa671/
Lukhotso671/

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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 Liketso
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