Masokoane Surname

928,396th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 284 people bear this surname

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

Masokoane Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Masokoane Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa2741:197,72921,276
Lesotho71:290,36515,938
England21:27,859,030389,889
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002

Masokoane Last Name Facts

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

The last name Masokoane is found most in South Africa. It may be found as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Masokoane? popularity and diffusion

The surname Masokoane is the 928,396th most widespread family name on a worldwide basis, held by around 1 in 25,660,373 people. It is predominantly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Masokoane live; 99 percent live in Southern Africa and 99 percent live in South Bantu Africa.

This last name is most numerous in South Africa, where it is held by 274 people, or 1 in 197,729. In South Africa it is most common in: Gauteng, where 50 percent live, North West, where 31 percent live and Free State, where 15 percent live. Barring South Africa it is found in 3 countries. It is also found in Lesotho, where 2 percent live and England, where 1 percent live.

Masokoane Last Name Statistics demography

Masokoane earn marginally less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 0.99% less than the national average, earning R 235,284 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
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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 Masokoane
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