Masootho Surname
Approximately 39 people bear this surname
Masootho Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lesotho | 38 | 1:53,488 | 8,156 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
Masootho (39) may also be a first name.
Masootho Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Masootho Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Masootho is most common in Lesotho. It may also be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Masootho? popularity and diffusion
The surname Masootho is the 3,141,416th most widely held last name globally, held by around 1 in 186,860,152 people. The last name Masootho is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Masootho are found; 100 percent are found in Southern Africa and 100 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. Masootho is also the 1,637,361st most frequently occurring first name globally, held by 39 people.
It is most frequently held in Lesotho, where it is borne by 38 people, or 1 in 53,488. In Lesotho Masootho is mostly concentrated in: Berea District, where 55 percent live and Maseru District, where 45 percent live. Besides Lesotho this last name exists in one country. It also occurs in South Africa, where 3 percent live.
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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 Masootho
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