Masoto Surname
Approximately 121 people bear this surname
Masoto Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lesotho | 61 | 1:33,321 | 6,091 |
| Papua New Guinea | 19 | 1:429,143 | 55,452 |
| South Africa | 16 | 1:3,386,106 | 119,139 |
| Zimbabwe | 16 | 1:964,890 | 61,721 |
| Botswana | 4 | 1:546,732 | 22,624 |
| Argentina | 1 | 1:42,743,414 | 282,706 |
| Cuba | 1 | 1:11,522,716 | 17,380 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Masoto (93) may also be a first name.
Masoto Demographics
Average Masoto Salary in
South Africa
R 129,252
Per year
Average Salary in
South Africa
R 237,638
Per year
Masoto Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Masoto Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Masoto is most common in Lesotho. It can also occur in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Masoto? popularity and diffusion
Masoto is the 1,649,806th most frequently held surname internationally, held by around 1 in 60,227,652 people. The last name Masoto is predominantly found in Africa, where 81 percent of Masoto live; 80 percent live in Southern Africa and 80 percent live in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 986,211th most widespread forename worldwide, borne by 93 people.
The surname is most commonly occurring in Lesotho, where it is borne by 61 people, or 1 in 33,321. In Lesotho Masoto is mostly concentrated in: Leribe District, where 97 percent live, Maseru District, where 2 percent live and Mokhotlong District, where 2 percent live. Excluding Lesotho Masoto exists in 9 countries. It is also common in Papua New Guinea, where 16 percent live and South Africa, where 13 percent live.
Masoto Last Name Statistics demography
Masoto earn a lot less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 45.61% less than the national average, earning R 129,252 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
- 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 Masoto
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