Mosotho Surname
Approximately 4,926 people bear this surname
Mosotho Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Africa | 3,387 | 1:15,996 | 2,025 |
| Lesotho | 1,222 | 1:1,663 | 169 |
| Botswana | 309 | 1:7,077 | 1,220 |
| England | 2 | 1:27,859,030 | 389,889 |
| Malawi | 1 | 1:17,119,109 | 34,144 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Namibia | 1 | 1:2,409,401 | 19,676 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
Mosotho (1,942) may also be a first name.
Mosotho Demographics
Average Mosotho Salary in
South Africa
R 134,532
Per year
Average Salary in
South Africa
R 237,638
Per year
Mosotho Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mosotho Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Mosotho is more frequently found in South Africa than any other country/territory. It may also appear as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Mosotho? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 96,529th most commonly occurring surname worldwide, held by around 1 in 1,479,404 people. The surname Mosotho is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Mosotho live; 100 percent live in Southern Africa and 100 percent live in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 172,074th most frequent first name internationally, borne by 1,942 people.
It is most frequently occurring in South Africa, where it is held by 3,387 people, or 1 in 15,996. In South Africa it is most prevalent in: Mpumalanga, where 27 percent live, Limpopo, where 25 percent live and Gauteng, where 22 percent live. Other than South Africa it is found in 9 countries. It is also common in Lesotho, where 25 percent live and Botswana, where 6 percent live.
Mosotho Last Name Statistics demography
Mosotho earn a lot less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 43.39% less than the national average, earning R 134,532 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 Mosotho
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