Matsotso Surname

642,034th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 473 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
Lesotho

Matsotso Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Matsotso Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa3081:175,90219,420
Zimbabwe1311:117,84915,993
Lesotho311:65,5669,080
Kenya21:23,089,95083,168
Congo11:4,989,09634,171

Matsotso (59) may also be a first name.

Matsotso Last Name Facts

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

The surname Matsotso is more frequently found in South Africa than any other country/territory. It can be found as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Matsotso? popularity and diffusion

The last name Matsotso is the 642,034th most frequently held last name internationally, held by approximately 1 in 15,407,074 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Matsotso reside; 99 percent reside in Southern Africa and 99 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,282,666th most frequent first name world-wide, held by 59 people.

This surname is most widespread in South Africa, where it is held by 308 people, or 1 in 175,902. In South Africa Matsotso is primarily concentrated in: Free State, where 55 percent are found, Gauteng, where 21 percent are found and Eastern Cape, where 14 percent are found. Excluding South Africa this surname exists in 4 countries. It also occurs in Zimbabwe, where 28 percent are found and Lesotho, where 7 percent are found.

Matsotso Last Name Statistics demography

Matsotso earn a lot less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 49.28% less than the national average, earning R 120,528 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 Matsotso
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