Mokotso Surname

333,448th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,108 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Lesotho
Highest density in:
Lesotho

Mokotso Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Mokotso Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Lesotho5321:3,821715
South Africa3141:172,54019,109
DR Congo2051:360,38831,424
Nigeria331:5,367,962136,856
Botswana221:99,40615,343
Cameroon11:20,769,068227,406
England11:55,718,059489,080

Mokotso (155) may also be a first name.

Mokotso Last Name Facts

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

Mokotso is more commonly found in Lesotho than any other country or territory. It can also appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Mokotso? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 333,448th most commonly used family name in the world, held by approximately 1 in 6,577,208 people. This surname is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Mokotso live; 78 percent live in Southern Africa and 78 percent live in South Bantu Africa. Mokotso is also the 738,219th most widespread first name throughout the world, held by 155 people.

The surname is most frequent in Lesotho, where it is held by 532 people, or 1 in 3,821. In Lesotho Mokotso is mostly concentrated in: Mohale's Hoek District, where 28 percent reside, Maseru District, where 17 percent reside and Berea District, where 16 percent reside. Excluding Lesotho this last name exists in 6 countries. It also occurs in South Africa, where 28 percent reside and The DR Congo, where 19 percent reside.

Mokotso Last Name Statistics demography

Mokotso earn notably less less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 19.46% less than the national average, earning R 191,400 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 Mokotso
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