Matsotsa Surname
Approximately 17 people bear this surname
Matsotsa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lesotho | 9 | 1:225,840 | 14,831 |
| South Africa | 3 | 1:18,059,235 | 248,362 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Zimbabwe | 2 | 1:7,719,120 | 118,432 |
| Ukraine | 1 | 1:45,522,696 | 503,646 |
Matsotsa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Matsotsa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Matsotsa is carried by more people in Lesotho than any other country or territory. It may also occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Matsotsa? popularity and diffusion
Matsotsa is the 4,772,636th most frequently used last name world-wide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 428,679,172 people. The last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 82 percent of Matsotsa are found; 82 percent are found in Southern Africa and 82 percent are found in South Bantu Africa.
The surname Matsotsa is most frequent in Lesotho, where it is held by 9 people, or 1 in 225,840. In Lesotho Matsotsa is mostly found in: Maseru District, where 89 percent reside and Berea District, where 11 percent reside. Not including Lesotho this last name exists in 4 countries. It also occurs in South Africa, where 18 percent reside and The United States, where 12 percent reside.
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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 Matsotsa
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